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Much has
been written about the Tea Party and the right-wing fundamentalist Christian
influence on the Republican Party over the years.
Editorial writers seem to believe the more they write about ‘how dysfunctional’ the GOP is, the faster it will be driven into oblivion.
Editorial writers seem to believe the more they write about ‘how dysfunctional’ the GOP is, the faster it will be driven into oblivion.
The last
time the Republican Party held this many elected legislative seats nationwide in
the US Senate, Congress and state legislatures and had occupants in the White
House and 66% of the Governor Mansions was a century ago in the 1920’s.
Which brings
to mind Mark Twain’s quip when informed that American newspapers were erroneously
reporting he had died in London: “Reports of my death are grossly exaggerated.”
What about
the Democrat Party? What has happened to them over the years?
If you had
told a young Republican growing up in North Carolina in the 1960s and 70s that
one day in their lifetime, Republicans would dominate the national and state
landscape, they would have thought you were completely delusional.
Democrats
controlled every possible lever of government from the Governor’s Mansion to
dogcatcher across the state east of Morganton.
Democrats in North Carolina at the time tended to be fiscally responsible
folks for the most part who balanced budgets with spending restraint first and
resorting to tax hikes as a last resort, not the first option; supporters of
free enterprise; advocates for a strong national defense; and fiercely
anti-communist.
After filibustering
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Southern Democrats later supported civil
liberties and a more active government stance as part of their coalition with
northern liberals to control Congress for the next 30 years.
What has
happened since then?
In 1985, there
were 91 Southern Democrats in Congress. ‘Blue Dogs’ as they were known.
They
typically voted with Republicans on economic, tax and defense-related issues.
Which is why so much of the Reagan Revolution happened in the first place. They
bucked the northern liberal leaders of their party on a regular basis to vote
for common-sense legislation.
There are 8
Southern Blue Dog Democrats in Congress today. 4% of the Democratic Caucus.
4% does not constitute
a majority. None of them are full committee chairs or in leadership positions in
the Democrat Party in Congress.
Today’s
national Democrat Party touts their ‘new and bold leadership for the future!’ as
76-year old, self-avowed-and-proud-of -it ‘Socialist’ Bernie Sanders, 69-year
old Elizabeth Warren, and 28-year old completely socialist congressional
candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of Queens, New York.
Here’s what
the leaders of the Democratic Party want to do today:
- · No Borders!
- · No ICE!
- · Repeal Everyone’s Tax Cuts!
- · Free Higher Education!
- · Medicare for Everyone!
- · Capitalism is Terrible!
- · Socialism is Great!
What in the
name of Andrew Jackson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, JFK and even Bill Clinton is
going on with the modern Democrat Party?
The lack of vociferous
opposition from any moderate Democrat about the direction of their national
party is deafening. No Democrat voted for the tax cuts. All of them will vote for Nancy Pelosi to be
Speaker if Democrats win Congress in November which means the socialist
democrat agenda will be advanced, not the moderate Southern Democrat agenda.
Southern
Democrats and Republicans disagreed on a few issues in the past but they voted
together on the big issues for the good of the country such as job creation,
the economy and national defense and security.
The
Republican Party has its own internal issues to deal with. At least the GOP is
heading towards more freedom and free enterprise. Not towards a socialist
state.
Dozens of
long-term Democrat political operatives in North Carolina have told me they
have switched to Unaffiliated because of the leftward shift of the party.
Stay in the Socialist Democrat Party if you want. Or join 2,184,175 other North Carolinians who registered as Unaffiliated, the second largest affiliation in the state.
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