Posted on 04/03/2019 2:33:39 PM PDT by Borges
The transformation of the GOP into the party of Patrick J. Buchanan and Donald J. Trump—defined by cultural resentments, crude populism, and ethnic nationalism—is among the most important political stories of this century. But the GOP is hardly the only party that is undergoing some alarming tectonic shifts. Liberals wondering why conservatives who worry about Trump don’t join the Democrats should consider what is happening on their own side of the aisle.
If you want to understand just how radicalized the Democratic Party has become in recent years, look at the ascent of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. A self-proclaimed socialist, Sanders served as mayor of Burlington, Vermont, and was then elected to the House in 1990 and the Senate in 2006. It’s hard to overstate just how left-wing Sanders’s views have been, at least by the standards of American politics.
Sanders has been a consistent defender of regimes led by anti-American dictators like Daniel Ortega and Fidel Castro. He took pains to separate his brand of socialism from the “totalitarianism” of the Soviet Union, but on a 1988 trip, repeatedly drew contrasts between the Soviet system and the United States that cast his own country in an unfavorable light. In the 1970s, Sanders called for the nationalization of entire industries and 100 percent taxation on those making more than $1 million. Since then, Sanders has moved away from calling for government to own the means of production, but he has hardly experienced a Damascus-road conversion. He is still a proud leftist.
For most of his career, Sanders—who identified as an independent but who caucused with Democrats—was treated like a curiosity and even a bit of a crazy uncle by Democrats, who considered the label socialist to be a smear.
No more.
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They should all move to N. Korea.
MSNBC’s Matthews Warns of 1972 Nixon-McGovern Repeat in 2020 with Far-Left Dem Candidates
Breitbart ^ | 04/02/2019 | Jeff Poor
Posted on 4/3/2019 3:20:29 PM by Responsibility2nd
… defined by cultural resentments, crude populism, and ethnic nationalism …This lie leading off destroys the rest of the article.
The GOP voters were always more like Trump and Buchanan, but Bush League Republicans controlled the party and kept anyone who would side with the citizens and the rule of law out of office.
Sometimes by helping to elect Democrats.
Burn the Atlantic presses
The Atlantic is subversive
Well, hell. They’ve been yelling “recreate ‘68” for some years, now.
“IS”?
Hardly they radicalized decades ago, now they are just finally letting the mask drop
The 1996 Dem platform would be seen as racist and reactionary today.
“defined by cultural resentments, crude populism, and ethnic nationalism”
I’m totally sick of the dishonesty of the press
“Hardly they radicalized decades ago, now they are just finally letting the mask drop.”
Yep. See my tagline.
L
Trump is pretty much a 1996 Democrat, and he’s labelled a Nazi.
The Radicalized GOP turns into a Mormons.
The Radicalized Dems turn into Islamic Jihadists.
Americans Prefer?
That’s what bugged me about the piece.
IIRC Peter Wehner wrote for NRO which tells you where his head is at.
The Democratic Party Is Radicalizing, more.
When the Leftist ATLANTIC and Chris Matthews declare that the Leftist Democrat/Communist Party are out to take down America, I have to sit down and recover.
People better get off the dime, fold up their lawn chairs, put the beer down and Wake the Hell Up.
Fifteen years of Trend Radical, and we can say “Hello, Venezuela”.
Yep.. We’ve complained for years about the Republican party chosing the candidates for us. There was no way they could get away with it in 2016.
Venezuelans are disarmed and helpless before the regime.
We’re not.
I’m surprised it’s still around. There were rumors that it was going under/being acquired, and that’s why they went far left in order to give resume enhancements to its staff.
The media would like us to believe the following.
1. Trying to keep our border under control is racist.
2. Trying to vet immigrants from terrorist nations is racist.
These people are operating on a third grade level of intellect.
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