It seems to me that Hillary is representative of what the republican party was years and years ago &

[BigBearJohn]

Bernie is representative of what the democratic party was years and years ago.

[tikifire]

1. Exactly!

Exactly! We need to take it back to Bernie's style Dem party.

[cantbeserious]

2. Yes - That Is Absolutely Correct

eom

[Cleita]

3. Actually Hillary is to the far right of what the Republican Party was years ago.

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Back in Eisenhower's day the Republicans were very anti-war, more so than the Democrats. Hillary has been called a war hawk by more than one expert on the subject lately. Retired Colonel Andrew Bacevich said in an interview on "Democracy Now!" last week about the militarism of the candidates:

"Well, if we look at the remaining Republican candidates, they are all clearly different flavors, but they’re all militarists. I would certainly evaluate Secretary Clinton as an exceedingly hawkish Democrat. Her principal achievement, if you want to call it that, as secretary of state was in pushing the intervention in Libya, which has produced catastrophic consequences."

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/10/andrew_bacevich_why_is_no_candidate

So the New Democrats are to the right of my parents, who were Republicans. Today my parents would have considered the Republican Party cuckoo nuts, but they would have found themselves very comfortable in the DLC Democratic Party. Bernie is definitely in the mold of Franklin D. Roosevelt and later John F. Kennedy.

Actually, the country functioned much better in the decades between 1945 and 1966. I know. I was alive back then.

[Kip Humphrey]

4. Definitively demonstrating that Hilary has never evolved, ever.

we share a common parental heritage.

[tblue37]

10. There aren't decades between 1945 and 1946--just months. I think that's a typo. nt

[Cleita]

18. Oops. Fixed it. I meant 1946 to 1966.

[tblue37]

19. I figured it was a slip up and that you would want to know to fix it. nt

[Cleita]

20. Thanks. eom

[Omaha Steve]

5. 1956

[Duval]

13. Wow! Thanks OS!!

[LiberalArkie]

6. To those of us that went to the demonstrations and/or protests back in the 60's-70's, we have

to remember that we were the few. Most of the people our age supported the establishment (until it became the in thing to do).

I believe that the percentage of the population supporting Bernie though is higher than the percentage of the population that were protesting back then.

I think Occupy lit a small fire that has grown quite a bit lately.

[thesquanderer]

7. A 70s Republican vs. a 30s Democrat. (n/t)

[debunction.junction]

8. Right on!

Great comments to your post. I give everyone here a huge thumbs up. Telling it like it is.

[HereSince1628]

9. Except for the 'long ago' part I agree

She's pretty representative of recent republicans (although as a greybeard, my recent may have a personal bias)

Her foreign policy is very consonant with NeoConservativism,

Her domestic policy spins around republican ideas concerning homeland security, financial regulation, education, energy policy, immigration etc. She hasn't evolved on anything...she simply -re-volves.

What goes around will come around again just in time to be synched and resonating with prevailing attitudes of TPTB.

[greymouse]

11. except, while her principles are similar,

all those years ago, Republicans were not flaming liars, so Hillary doesn't belong in that group.

[Betty Karlson]

12. Yep. Completely true.

And frankly, I'm done with the DINOs. To me, they are DINO-saurs right now: too big to exist and destined for extinction. Maybe if they go back to the GOP, they can still be preserved as "RHINOs"?*

*RHINO: Republican Hillary Inclusive Nay-sayers Only.

[Duval]

14. Sad, isn't it?

And I totally agree. Thank you!

[NCjack]

15. I remember when the rich competed with in "complaining" -- actually bragging --

who paid the highest taxes and who paid the highest labor rates and benefits. Those folks were the true successes. Now, it's who can pencil-whip as much money as possible into a secret foreign bank account. I miss Nelson Rockefeller. I remember a statement by one of America's super rich men. He said something like he didn't mind paying taxes because that seperated out the truly successful from the wannabes. It's not enough to make a lot of money. You have to make enough to pay the taxes. Who said that? Was it Donald Trump in the 1970s?

[INdemo]

16. Hillary's Reganomics?

Hillary is a benefactor of a "trickle down" economy ..well sort of....
Money goes to the top and the top (GoldmanSachs) pays her a huge sum for a speech.
Then more trickle down comes in the form of huge campaign PAC money..

[Bluenorthwest]

17. Barry Goldwater had better views on LGBT than she seems to. He was aware that we exist and

opposed any discrimination against us. Hillary is still working all that out with her spiritual guide Rick Warren.