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A Democrat Who Terrifies Other Democrats
Issues & Insights ^ | 5/30/2019 | Thomas McArdle

Posted on 05/30/2019 3:35:08 AM PDT by IBD editorial writer

As impeachment noise reaches ever-louder crescendos among Democrats, with the real danger they will overplay their hand and end up investigating and subpoenaing themselves into defeat in 2020, there now emerges another threat: a little-noticed Democrat running for President who is reminding his party of the saner policies some of their most prominent leaders embraced not that long ago.

Democratic luminaries like Bobby Kennedy, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, John F. Kennedy, and Henry “Scoop” Jackson – all of whom in their time represented dark blue states.

Ami Horowitz, a noted documentary filmmaker, announced his candidacy this month and expressed sentiments with which all four of those giants of the party’s history would agree. “The Democratic Party has become the party of socialism, open borders, and late-term abortions,” he said. “They’ve become so radicalized over the past several years that I feel compelled to try to bring some sanity into the discussion.”

Horowitz got thousands of donations within days of announcing, but needs many times that to get a place on the stage for the first two rounds of debates.

(Excerpt) Read more at issuesinsights.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: democrats; election2020

1 posted on 05/30/2019 3:35:09 AM PDT by IBD editorial writer
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To: IBD editorial writer

He’s still a democrat.

No sale.


2 posted on 05/30/2019 3:39:51 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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To: Westbrook

Plenty of room for a third-party run on the Democrat sanity party.


3 posted on 05/30/2019 3:50:52 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ("The media is the enemy of the American people." Democrat Pat Caddell)
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To: IBD editorial writer

This guy will last less than a week.


4 posted on 05/30/2019 3:51:41 AM PDT by ScottinVA (The most urgent gathering threat to America: the Democrat Party)
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To: IBD editorial writer

I think going back had him on about a week ago I heard a little bit of it. He sounds more like a conservative.


5 posted on 05/30/2019 4:07:36 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (But the noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds they stand. Isaiah 32:8)
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To: Westbrook

I don’t trust anyone with a D behind their name including friends and relatives.


6 posted on 05/30/2019 4:58:32 AM PDT by lilypad
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To: IBD editorial writer

Trivial nothingness

A vapor lock in the continuum


7 posted on 05/30/2019 5:00:27 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12)There were Democrat espionage operations on Republican candidates)
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To: lilypad

Don’t. If anyone can still hold that D beside their name at this point, they are scum.


8 posted on 05/30/2019 5:01:03 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: IBD editorial writer

My Cat-Lady neighbor announces today.

Looks like the field will be up to 37 by the weekend.


9 posted on 05/30/2019 5:17:39 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Trump 2020 - Re-Elect the M*****F***er!)
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To: lilypad

ESPECIALLY friends and relatives!


10 posted on 05/30/2019 5:22:41 AM PDT by 3boysdad (The very elect.)
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To: IBD editorial writer

He’s really handsome.


11 posted on 05/30/2019 6:25:17 AM PDT by HotKat (Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)
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To: IBD editorial writer

The Scoop Jackson wing of the Democrats is extinct...Ella Grasso couldn’t win in today’s Democrat Party...


12 posted on 05/30/2019 6:28:27 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: Deplorable American1776

“The Scoop Jackson wing of the Democrats is extinct...”

Zell Miller called that 10 years ago.

L


13 posted on 05/30/2019 7:07:09 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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