DNC Raises $16 Million In September
Monday, October 4, 2010
The DLC got into power by refusing to defend the word 'liberal' when Ronald Reagan, Lee Atwater and Karl Rove were demonizing the word. Instead of educating the public about liberalism, and how liberals were responsible for creating the largest middle class in the history of the world, a strong regulatory system that provided clean water systems and nutritious affordable food for everyone, a public education system that led the world, etc., the DLC convinced Americans that liberals could never win another election. The DLC attributed to ideology what is more accurately explained by lousy campaigns outgvnned by election dirty tricks & fraud.
When informed of the issues, most Americans agree with liberal policies. Neither they nor I would characterize themselves as far-anything or extreme, but mainstream. For example, nobody likes the idea of abortion, but most Americans do not want the government involved if they find themselves in the predicament of an unwanted pregnancy.
Most Democratic voters have no idea what the DLC is or who is in it. Most Democratic voters think Bill Clinton is a liberal, and not because they identify themselves with his policies, but because they are, in fact, ig.nor.ant about much of what he did. So when it comes to identification of ideology, don't you think that that is something that needs to be explored a bit?
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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