2016 Postmortem
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morningfog
(18,115 posts)7 of 10 people find Hillary trustworthy, compared to about 6 of 10 for Bernie.
Again, these are very early exit polls..
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)Said they would be satisfied with Clinton as the nominee.
I voted with my first-time voting 18 year old daughter. Poll manager said there has been very few voters under 40.
2pooped2pop
(5,420 posts)Is good enough for them and would prefer to keep trying not to go down as opposed to having changes that could close the drain and ease the struggle.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)Do they *READ* in SC?
wyldwolf
(43,868 posts)Good thing they have smart white progressives to show them the way.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)there is a hint in what you will find
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)One that ruled in in the 1950s and 1960s.
Trashing Democrats who don't support your candidate is a low blow. Hope you will step away from that.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)do you think SC has no white people - or you are the one saying something very ugly
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)my white neighbors
wyldwolf
(43,868 posts)SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)and he is my boss
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)Just trying to get out ahead of the crowd.
As soon as this race is declared, with Clinton having a big majority, expect to see a flood of disparaging comments about the South in general and SC in particular.
I have been involved in SC Democratic politics since the '72 election and trust me, the Democratic Party is on the upswing here. A lot of people moving here from other states and most of my sane Republican friends are horrified by Trump and Cruz.
We can't carry the state in the GE yet, but we are making progress.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)but it's no worse than anywhere else. I do avoid certain areas bc I feel it would put mine & my children's safety at risk. But my town is for the most part civilized & not as conservative as people make us out to be.
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)There are some very progressive areas in SC. The Congressional District that includes Charleston saw an openly gay woman lose as a Democrat by 2% in 2010.
The problem here is the same as in the country as a whole: the under 25 group, even the under 30 group, is by far the most progressive but also has the worst turnout.
rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)brooklynite
(94,634 posts)SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)my black friends are much smarter than my white neighbors
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)Having a hard time processing the results huh?
Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)wyldwolf
(43,868 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)I think kkk creationist redneck opinions don't matter...though I of course respect the opinions of democrats by many orders of magnitude more.
wyldwolf
(43,868 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)wyldwolf
(43,868 posts)Conservative Dems have much longer history in the party than the "progressives" that wag their fingers at people (the type Harry Truman called 'crackpots.')
Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)wyldwolf
(43,868 posts)Conservatives in the Democratic party predate 'progressive' 'd'emocrats by over a century. FDR, Truman, JFK all had major issues with the progressive movement, Truman calling them 'crackpots.'
No one begrudges the progressive movement's existence. It's their claims of being 'the heart and soul' of the Democratic party, the only 'true Democrats," etc. that is reality-challenged.
Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)In Truman's day, those crackpots were USSR types - not into that either.
wyldwolf
(43,868 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)You know that is false.
wyldwolf
(43,868 posts)The Democratic party is more liberal than they were in FDR's day
1. Civil rights
2. Gay rights
3. Gun control
4. Women's rights
5. Foreign policy
Next?
Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)I disagree with you about foreign policy though.
Don't worry though. Hillary is a hedge for me though. I would have loved to watch sanders knock over the apple cart just because. If it is president Hillary instead, then I guess at least I will not pay as much tax (the accountant just told me I didn't have enough tax withheld and it is time to cut a chunky check - depressing)! I am probably the only guy working at a hedge fund rooting for sanders. Plenty of my colleagues like Hillary. There are others from the truly dark side though that think CNBC is a communist anti-business network somehow.
wyldwolf
(43,868 posts)How is their economic policy today inherently right wing since both the GOP and DNC began accepting corporate donations around the same time? The whole "corporatism" meme was invented by one of the least Democratic party groups ever - the 'progressive' movement.
Why do you disagree with me about foreign policy? This should be good. Better get those fingers moving on Google.
Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)FDR had more interest in infrastructure rebuilding, social security (today's dems are willing to horse trade on SS).
I should be clear that I don't give a flying fuck about parties.
Today's democrats are not much different than Eisenhower republicans.
Sanders would not waste money on ME adventures.
I also edited my post above before your response.
wyldwolf
(43,868 posts)FDR was a racist and a 1%-er.
FDR was a one-percenter
Roosevelt's net worth in 1932 was $6o million (http://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/politician/president/franklin-d-roosevelt-net-worth/)
In the New Deal there was a tug of war between those who favored a centrally planned economy and those who believed that a reliance on small business and decentralized economic power would bring about recovery. The decentralizers prevailed.
This belief in decentralized and democratic economic power characterized the most important reform of the Roosevelt era: Social Security.
Social Security, by guaranteeing income to elderly retired Americans, established the proposition that the individual has social rights.
But Roosevelt, against the advice of economic planners who would have made it solely a relief program for the poor, insisted on adding responsibilities by funding Social Security through taxes deducted from every wage earner's paycheck.
http://articles.latimes.com/1999/oct/25/news/ss-26179
He sensed a shift in the electoral mood in the early 1930s and went with it
http://books.google.com/books?id=z8wSCZG9O6AC&pg=PA406&lpg=PA406&dq=fdr+opportunist&source=bl&ots=uS-ItBAquz&sig=-g7THj75It4D9BiqplduDbcTr-o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=B4J2VLXvCs_ToASfiYDQAw&sqi=2&ved=0CFYQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=fdr%20opportunist&f=false
... the most striking difference between the 1930s and the present day is that, by the standards of todays political parlance, average Americans of the mid-1930s revealed downright socialistic tendencies in many of their views about the proper role of government.
http://www.pewresearch.org/2010/12/14/how-a-different-america-responded-to-the-great-depression/
National surveys suggest that the leftward shift in public opinion during the 1930s was even more extensive than indicated by third-party voting or membership in radical organizations.
http://www.hoover.org/research/how-fdr-saved-capitalism
FDR brushed aside these attacks in part by insisting that we were a rich nation that could afford to pay for security and prosperity without having to sacrifice our liberties into the bargain.
http://rooseveltinstitute.org/franklin-d-roosevelt-socialist-or-champion-freedom
He co-opted much of the left's rhetoric to keep progressive third party threats at bay
Franklin Roosevelt demonstrated his skill at co-opting the rhetoric and demands of opposition groups the year before his 1936 reelection, when the demagogic Senator Huey Long of Louisiana threatened to run on a third-party Share-Our-Wealth ticket. This possibility was particularly threatening because a secret public opinion poll conducted in 1935 for the Democratic National Committee suggested that Long might get three to four million votes, throwing several states over to the Republicans if he ran at the head of a third party. At the same time several progressive senators were flirting with a potential third ticket; Roosevelt felt that as a result the 1936 election might witness a Progressive Republican ticket, headed by Robert La Follette, alongside a Share-Our-Wealth ticket.
To prevent this, Roosevelt shifted to the left in rhetoric and, to some extent, in policy, consciously seeking to steal the thunder of his populist critics.
http://www.hoover.org/research/how-fdr-saved-capitalism
Progressives' of his day didn't care for him much
In fact, it's pretty remarkable how closely the attacks Roosevelt experienced from his left echo the attacks that liberals make against Obama today. (numerous links and examples follow...)
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/08/11/891631/-UPDATED-Liberal-Criticism-of-Franklin-Roosevelt-and-The-New-Deal#
Most women and minorities were excluded from the benefits of unemployment insurance and old age pensions. Employment definitions reflected typical white male categories and patterns.[6] Job categories that were not covered by the act included workers in agricultural labor, domestic service, government employees, and many teachers, nurses, hospital employees, librarians, and social workers.[7] The act also denied coverage to individuals who worked intermittently.[8] These jobs were dominated by women and minorities. For example, women made up 90 percent of domestic labor in 1940 and two-thirds of all employed black women were in domestic service.[9] Exclusions exempted nearly half of the working population.[8] Nearly two-thirds of all African Americans in the labor force, 70 to 80 percent in some areas in the South, and just over half of all women employed were not covered by Social Security.[10][11] At the time, the NAACP protested the Social Security Act, describing it as a sieve with holes just big enough for the majority of Negroes to fall through.[11]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Social_Security_in_the_United_States#Initial_opposition
http://www.shmoop.com/fdr-new-deal/race.html
He didn't intend for welfare to be a permanent government expenditure.
The Federal Government must and shall quit this business of relief.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=14890
He was propagandist
http://www.thenation.com/article/fdrs-democratic-propaganda#
He was a warmonger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt#Criticism_of_Roosevelt_as_a_.22Warmonger.22
Dwight Eisenhower? There was very little difference between Democrats and Eisenhower Republicans. I'm happy to share most policy points with them.
1. Provide federal assistance to low-income communities;
2. Protect Social Security;
3. Provide asylum for refugees;
4. Extend minimum wage;
5. Improve unemployment benefit system so it covers more people;
6. Strengthen labor laws so workers can more easily join a union;
7. Assure equal pay for equal work regardless of sex.
Next?
Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)I have no beef with 1%ers. My income is somewhere between the top 0.9% and top 1% probably - though I am way off on assets owned due to Manhattan cost of living and all the time I wasted doing my doctorate instead of making money - believe me though - I am definitely trying to make much more. I would like to have a 2000+ sq ft apartment in a nice building here and that isn't cheap.
I like the idea of saving capitalism from itself. Nick Hanauer's take makes a lot of sense to me. I don't want a centrally planned economy at all, but something must be done about income inequality across all racial boundaries. I don't think Hillary will push too hard on that beyond rhetoric, but Bernie will never give up - and perhaps he would waste less of my taxes on the ME adventures and invest it in infrastructure and healthcare.
A couple months back I commented here how Sanders could be like an FDR without the racism - agreed about the racism.
wyldwolf
(43,868 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)PragmaticLiberal
(904 posts)The common refrain from a certain segment of DU has been that Obama is nothing like FDR.
"FDR was a true progressive and never compromised his integrity unlike that corporatist Obama" etc etc
Please....
Roosevelt was many things. A lot good. A lot bad.
dsc
(52,164 posts)even you are getting in on this crap. Sad, so sad.
LexVegas
(6,075 posts)rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)SheenaR
(2,052 posts)But lest we forget the lectures we received from you all when Exit Polling in Nevada revealed information that you didn't like about Hispanics.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)If you want to start a revolution you may want to ensure your base knows voting online 25 times doesn't count.
livetohike
(22,149 posts)😊
wyldwolf
(43,868 posts)livetohike
(22,149 posts)👍
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)write 50 times, "I will vote." I read about a study that showed neither Hillary nor Bernie excited them. They were okay with both.
Well, if they don't see enough difference to bother with the primary, maybe they'll come out to vote against the GOP candidate in November.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)That is the kicker, coming out in Nov. It just sucks if they don't understand that it's a process of elimination right now & this is their chance. I don't think I did at 18 & the schools sure aren't emphasizing it.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Good luck turning them into proud voters, BTW.
NanceGreggs
(27,816 posts)TNProfessor
(83 posts)giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)If you can't just watch it it's too much effort. Watching my kid communicate through pictures (Snapchat) is confusing.
mhatrw
(10,786 posts)the very best they could to depress the youth vote!
The never ending mantra of Hillary inevitability and "No We Can't" won the day!
The best future hope of the Democratic party now doesn't give shit about the political process because they know it is just as rigged as the economy if not moreso. Thanks, Clinton supporters!
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)mhatrw
(10,786 posts)stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)SC is a very conservative state, even the Democrats there tend to be very conservative.
That's why it will be a solid red state in the GE.
FangedNoumenom
(145 posts)Just wondering.
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)I was just wondering.
FangedNoumenom
(145 posts)My area is safe, but there are 18 cities in my state with high levels. Very sad.
MrWendel
(1,881 posts)that is fucking hilarious!
FangedNoumenom
(145 posts)Their mental state is disconcerting.
MrWendel
(1,881 posts)kettle? Yeah, this is pot! Oh by the way kettle, did you know that all people especially Blacks are stupid if they don't feel the Bern? I heard it on DU!"
FangedNoumenom
(145 posts)MrWendel
(1,881 posts)are not my problem. I'm good. lol
FangedNoumenom
(145 posts)I can tell you think it's not your problem, but I assure you it eventually will be.
MrWendel
(1,881 posts)need to regurgitate talking points to me. It's okay really. And you right, maybe all the states that Bernie has lost so far ALL have lead poisoning.
FangedNoumenom
(145 posts)Is this will to shame and silence truth something you've learned and internalized from your presidential candidate?
Methinks so.
LiberalArkie
(15,721 posts)On Sat Feb 27, 2016, 06:06 PM an alert was sent on the following post:
Has the water in SC been checked for high levels of lead?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1355523
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This troll is making a joke out of Flint, Michigan (a horrific example of environmental racism) in order to question the mental capability of black voters in South Carolina (the Democratic electorate there is 55-65% African-American). This is a drive-by troll.
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PonyUp
(1,680 posts)giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,721 posts)giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)Duh.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)I will avoid the intramural battles on this board and just say that President Clinton has been a transformational and consequential president and accomplished much, given an obstructionist Congress , and the realities of a political system that was designed to thwart fundamental change.
Logical
(22,457 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)We're electing a president and filling hundreds of other offices.
Citizens of all the states vote.
We count the vote.
The one with the most votes wins (more complicated, but you get the idea.)
The votes of the people in red states are just as real and important as those in blue states.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)TSIAS
(14,689 posts)According to the polls, 6 out of 10 are moderate to conservative. White voters are 60 % liberal.
Interesting that SC white Democrats are more liberal than African Americans.
Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)If the republicans and democrats were equally racist, then maybe half the AA electorate might be republican? Speculating here. I guess I assume the AA voters were very liberal due to their 95%ish vote for democrats. It is not that at all - it appears to be simply running away from the psychos in the Republican Party. Can't blame them for that - just never knew they were conservative at heart.
Nanjeanne
(4,967 posts)Did she stop out immediately after?
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Gothmog
(145,403 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Say goodnight, Bernie.
kingCowan
(25 posts)say goodbye Democratic Party...FDRs coalition and desires are officially dead.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)anotherproletariat
(1,446 posts)Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)welfare reform, homelessness and income inequity. Somehow I doubt it but at least I will know they just like to complain and don't really want to do squat about it.