I didn't read it, but he talked about it on Thom Hartmann. And, when I can read it I will. You will totally understand why some Democrats support Bernie and why some Democrats support Hillary. It is quite the history of the Democratic party.

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Also saw the good discussion with TH, and think the job he did at this book talk with the engaged audience was outstanding.

a talk well worth the time taken to listen.

Here in Portland Oregon sometime Friday evening. Great interview on x-ray FM a couple of days ago.

I enjoyed 'What's the Matter with Kansas'. Looking forward to picking this one up - preaching to the choir at this point but I enjoy his style.

Four years ago preparing for a Romney win. This year? Fuh get about it.

Cheers!

Holy Mackerel! That headline alone needs it's own OP.!

We owe her a debt of gratitude for unwittingly disrupting Bill Clinton's plans to privatize Social Security, he and Newt Gingrich cooked up behind closed doors. The scandal broke just in the nick of time. pennies from heaven?

Of course, Bill Clinton is still on that mission, caught on tape with Paul Ryan on just how they could work together to accomplish that. But hey, Hillary supporters don't give a damn about Social Security being privatized, they got theirs..

stroke of luck for the American people, damn that was close! I've seen the tape with Ryan, made me sick alright.

I think it might have been around the time of the 2008 campaign, but hmm. do you recall?

Yes it was disgusting. and quite revealing. I think it should be posted again as a reminder of just what we have to look forward to among other atrocities.

American Heroine for Saving Social Security.

The Young Turks, Cenk I believe did a great report on this subject on YouTube.

the home of unions, social security and medicare, the working class and middle classes. Thom Hartmann asks journalist Tommy Frank how the Democratic Party of FDR, Henry Wallace and Lyndon Johnson became the party of Bill Clinton, Tim Geithner and Larry Summers, and much more. Great session, 57 mins.

It took me years to understand the details. I didn't know what NAFTA was when it came out. I knew it was a scam, but didn't know the philosophy until now. He does a great job of revealing those facets

I watched it happen. I knew what was going on. I didn't know the details and the philosophy until now. I finally get the whole picture.

It's a great time for information and learning. I'm sorry I didn't have the interest in discovering the truth about the shift some Democrats were making. And that's how they got away with it.

has been both infuriating and liberating. Much credit and appreciation to Tommy Frank and other political analysts who've educated us about the conservative movement directed by elites within the Democratic Party in the last 25 years. It has to change now in the other direction, the country must make a hard left for the sake of humanity and life on earth.
Sanders is center left, and Clinton is far right in this graph comparison with UK political parties as one example. Amazing.



http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511620991

and was faced with the on the street reality of it.

When Bill Clinton won the election, I remember saying to friends and peers, that we were coming out of a "shell shocked" era.. and maybe, that euphemism was more accurate than I had imagined then.

So in effect, I was so incredibly relieved that a Democrat finally won the election, I had no clue what he was about, but what did that matter?. I just figured, he was a Democrat, Hall-a-friggin-Lulla! everything was going to come up roses finally after 12 years of Reagan and Poppy Bush.

But then in that second term, he was enacting really weird anti-Democratic Party policies. WTF? Reading Utne articles explaining his policies, rooted in "Third Way" think tank institutes and white papers, explaining the "New Democrat" I still didn't get it. Until much later. When the effects of these policies began to reveal itself.

The Clinton's Hijacked the Party when he took office the 92 election. But it wasn't until 2000 when I began to recognize it.