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In reply to the discussion: I am no longer a Democrat. [View all]Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)after I saw what they Democratic Party did to Howard Dean in the primaries.
Clinton's presidency is the delineation marking the move away from The New Deal Democrats to Third Way Democrats (i.e., making nice with the corporations who will show their appreciation by pouring millions into campaign coffers). That's when the removal of the progressives started and it's continued ever since. The message has been clear from the Democratic Party for years now: "If you're a progressive, we don't want you. We DO want your money and your vote but we don't want your opinions and we're not interested in your issues."
I've been saying the same thing you're saying: I didn't leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me.
By the way, it's a WONDERFULLY liberating feeling being able to vote your conscience. If the Democrats (or anyone else for that matter, excluding Republicans) want my vote, they have to EARN my vote. This didn't used to be a foreign concept but now it seems The Party thinks they have a right to DEMAND my vote. They don't.