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In reply to the discussion: Party Loyalty [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)write 'policy' papers for the Dem Party. Their policies are difficult to differentiate from those of the Heritage Foundation.
They ARE NOT the 'majority' of the Dem Party. The majority of Dems in this country that make up the membership, the registered voters of the Dem Party ARE Progressive, Liberal Dems.
For over a decade now they have been unhappy with the policy positions taken on major issues, by many elected officials with a 'D' after their names.
But for years, since it cannot be denied that Heritage Foundation policies are NOT Democratic policies, the claim was that if Dems just held their noses, once we had the power, THEN we could implement Dem Policies.
That of course isn't happening, on SS, on Medicare, on Forever War, on Civil Liberties, on Corporate Accountability and so many more issues.
Show me ONE vote on Progressive Dem issue while Dems had the majority, that got every single Dem vote, the way it should have.
And I will show how, HAD we had actual Dems who support Dem Policies in place, we could have passed so much good legislation but there were always just enough 'dems' to sway the vote to the Right.