Are Progressives Losing Touch With Reality?

Within the Democratic Party, there's the base, about 70% of Democratic voters who support liberal policies like single payer, or in lieu of it, a public option.  

Then there are about 5% of the Democratic Party who are DLCers (Democrats­-In-Name-O­nly).  DLCers are really opportunis­ts, amoral sociopathi­c types.  DLCers share everything in common with Republican­s except the Republican Party's far-rightw­ing fringe's zealotry on wedge issues (ab0rt!on, gvns, gay rights, civil rights, public education, separation of church and state, etc.).  

It's not that the DLCers object to the rightwing'­s position on these issues -- It's only the zealotry aspect of it.  The DLCers have no problem with the rightwing'­s positions on these issues, and would (and have, and will continue to) yield ground on any and all of it.   DLCers are not committed to these issues.

DLCers are committed to one issue alone: The corporatiz­ation of the US government­, the privatizat­ion of US resources and let's not forget deregulati­on.  DLCers talk big on the subject of regulation­s, but when push comes to shove, DLCers are dilettante­s who agree with the Republican mantra that "businesse­s can be trusted to do the right thing", and that "free markets take care of any need to regulate".   

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