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The Democratic Party: No more moderates

  

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Via:  heartland-american  •  4 years ago  •  33 comments

By:   Walker Wildmon

The Democratic Party: No more moderates
Overall there is a fundamental flaw in the policies that the Democratic Party promotes. It boils down to whether the government is the solution to our problems or whether the free market can provide various solutions to our problems.

He is right on as to how far left the democrat party has moved in the last 40 years


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There is a fundamental flaw in the policies that the Democratic Party promotes. It boils down to whether the government is the solution to our problems ... or whether the free market can provide various solutions to our problems.


With the rise of Senator Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary, I have caught myself calling other Democratic candidates moderates compared to Sanders. The reality is there are no moderates left in the Democratic Party.

The Democratic National Convention published its party platform in 2016 which outlines the party’s position on a wide array of issues.

Multiple times throughout the platform, it is made clear that the murder of a baby should be legal throughout all nine months of pregnancy. The platform is also deceptive by labeling abortion as “safe and legal.” There’s nothing safe about ending the life of a child in the womb.

democrats-button_350x219.jpg The 2016 platform claims that those who engage in abnormal sexual behavior such as homosexuality have a “human right” to advance their lifestyle upon other people. Meaning, anyone who disapproves of said behavior is violating their “human rights” and should be rebuked accordingly. We’ve seen this totalitarian mentality on display with various faith-based business owners who have been forced to lend their artistic gifts in favor of this lifestyle or be closed down.

Lastly, the party platform frames healthcare as a human right. Meaning, the government should take over the national healthcare system and operate what has historically been part of the private sector. This would take America from having the best quality healthcare in the developed world to one of the worst in a matter of years.

Overall there is a fundamental flaw in the policies that the Democratic Party promotes. It boils down to whether the government is the solution to our problems or whether the free market can provide various solutions to our problems.

To my original point, the Democratic Party platform no longer allows for moderates. The platform is radical and largely hostile to our country’s founding principles of liberty and limited government. The platform, through the aforementioned support for killing babies in the womb, makes it hard for people of faith to even fathom voting for someone with a D by their name.

Individual liberty and free-market ideals produce the best results for the most amount of people. History proves it.

America is an exceptional nation and our free-market ideals have produced the best quality of life in the world for hundreds of millions of people. We need to focus more on lifting people out of poverty and improving the quality of life through free-market means.

As freedom-loving Americans, we must be careful not to downplay the extreme views of virtually all of the Democratic candidates running for the presidential nomination. There are no moderates. Every elected official, at the local, state, or federal level, who still wears the hat of the Democratic Party must ask themselves whether or not they share the anti-American policies that are being promoted by the national Democratic Party.


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XXJefferson51
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1  seeder  XXJefferson51    4 years ago

Overall there is a fundamental flaw in the policies that the Democratic Party promotes. It boils down to whether the government is the solution to our problems or whether the free market can provide various solutions to our problems.

To my original point, the Democratic Party platform no longer allows for moderates. The platform is radical and largely hostile to our country’s founding principles of liberty and limited government. The platform, through the aforementioned support for killing babies in the womb, makes it hard for people of faith to even fathom voting for someone with a D by their name.

Individual liberty and free-market ideals produce the best results for the most amount of people. History proves it.

America is an exceptional nation and our free-market ideals have produced the best quality of life in the world for hundreds of millions of people. We need to focus more on lifting people out of poverty and improving the quality of life through free-market means.  

 
 
 
devangelical
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1.1  devangelical  replied to  XXJefferson51 @1    4 years ago

pure unadulterated hypocrisy and projection

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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1.1.1  Greg Jones  replied to  devangelical @1.1    4 years ago

The philosophy that seems to guide the majority of the Democrats, particularly the far left radicals, doesn't represent anything that is positive, good, or decent.

That is personal opinion based upon decades of observing them and their actions, and is not a sweeping generalization.

 
 
 
Split Personality
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1.1.2  Split Personality  replied to  Greg Jones @1.1.1    4 years ago

more projection...

The vast majority of Democrats, keep voting for Biden.

Even DINO Gabbard threw her support to Biden.

What was the ratio in Florida, almost three to one for moderate Biden over socialist Sanders?

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
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1.1.3  seeder  XXJefferson51  replied to  Split Personality @1.1.2    4 years ago

That some refer to Biden as a moderate is proof enough of how far left that party is.  Biden is clearly and obviously a liberal in every way.  

 
 
 
Split Personality
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1.1.4  Split Personality  replied to  XXJefferson51 @1.1.3    4 years ago
That some refer to Biden as a moderate is proof enough of how far left that party is

More nonsense?

Biden is clearly and obviously a liberal in every way.  

Yes, and he is an older right handed white man with blue eyes who wears suits and ties which probably qualifies him for the highest office.

Any other brilliant observations today?

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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1.1.5  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  XXJefferson51 @1.1.3    4 years ago

Wake up call. Both parties have moved to the extreme, so no one knows when they are looking at moderate. I can list moderates on both sides that everyone else calls RINO's or DINO's which is a damn shame. 

 
 
 
cjcold
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1.2  cjcold  replied to  XXJefferson51 @1    4 years ago

Actually, most rational folk have noticed how far right the extreme fringe of the GOP has gone.

 
 
 
devangelical
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1.2.1  devangelical  replied to  cjcold @1.2    4 years ago

... and most everything looks far left from that perspective.

 
 
 
Krishna
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2  Krishna    4 years ago

The Democratic Party: No More Moderates

Correct!

Some people were hoping that one of the more moderate Dems (for example Klobuchar or Biden) would win the nomination.

But now since a far leftist (Bernie Sanders) has been nominated-- its obvious that the Democratic party is now controlled by the Evil Socialists ...just as you said! jrSmiley_5_smiley_image.png

 
 
 
cjcold
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2.1  cjcold  replied to  Krishna @2    4 years ago

Not sure it was necessary, but you did forget the s/ tag.

 
 
 
Kavika
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3  Kavika     4 years ago

It seems that watching the primaries is difficult for the author and seeder. The far left (Sanders) is losing to moderate Biden. And the voting is heavily in favor of Biden. 

 
 
 
Split Personality
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3.1  Split Personality  replied to  Kavika @3    4 years ago

Your state sent Sanders a very clear message. 61.8 to 22.8 ?

 
 
 
Kavika
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3.1.1  Kavika   replied to  Split Personality @3.1    4 years ago

Yes we did.

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
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3.2  seeder  XXJefferson51  replied to  Kavika @3    4 years ago

Biden May be “moderate” compared to Sanders but on the ideological scale he’s a left of center liberal.  

 
 
 
Split Personality
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3.2.1  Split Personality  replied to  XXJefferson51 @3.2    4 years ago
Biden May be “moderate” compared to Sanders

that's all that matters to people who wont be voting for Trump.

but on the ideological scale he’s a left of center liberal.

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Kavika
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3.2.2  Kavika   replied to  XXJefferson51 @3.2    4 years ago
Biden May be “moderate” compared to Sanders but on the ideological scale he’s a left of center liberal.  

Your ideological scale is tilted to extreme right wing nonsense. 

Cheers

 
 
 
Dean Moriarty
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3.2.3  Dean Moriarty  replied to  Kavika @3.2.2    4 years ago

Even Biden says he is the most progressive candidate in history.









 
 
 
Kavika
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3.2.4  Kavika   replied to  Dean Moriarty @3.2.3    4 years ago

If you believe that Dean then I hope that he defeats Trump and raises taxes to at least where they were before Trump's tax cut. That would include corporate taxes.

For a party that has whined about big government, socialism, bailouts, QE, free money they are doing a bang-up job of doing just that. When the rubber hits the road they are nothing more than a group of hypocrites. 

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
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3.2.5  seeder  XXJefferson51  replied to  Kavika @3.2.2    4 years ago

Not a bit more than yours is tilted the left.  

 
 
 
Larry Hampton
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3.2.6  Larry Hampton  replied to  XXJefferson51 @3.2.5    4 years ago

So you admit your thermometer is tilted Right, and so are your observations of the Left?

 
 
 
cjcold
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3.2.7  cjcold  replied to  XXJefferson51 @3.2.5    4 years ago

This centrist has never seen anybody who has gone so far right as you.

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
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3.2.8  seeder  XXJefferson51  replied to  Larry Hampton @3.2.6    4 years ago

I definitely am center right to libertarian right depending on the issue.  

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
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3.2.9  seeder  XXJefferson51  replied to  cjcold @3.2.7    4 years ago

You are no centrist.  

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
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3.2.10  seeder  XXJefferson51  replied to  Larry Hampton @3.2.6    4 years ago

Why do you ask?  I’ve never been anything but a conservative since Reagan persuaded me how full of crap my old democrat party really was back in the late 1970’s and it has only become ever more so since then.  

 
 
 
devangelical
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3.3  devangelical  replied to  Kavika @3    4 years ago

they had a lot invested in their socialist memes and now all that work was a waste of time and cash.

 
 
 
cjcold
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3.3.1  cjcold  replied to  devangelical @3.3    4 years ago

They won't have near as much fun with a moderate centrist.

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
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3.3.2  seeder  XXJefferson51  replied to  cjcold @3.3.1    4 years ago

Biden is neither centrist or moderate. He is a liberal democrat. 

 
 
 
Tacos!
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4  Tacos!    4 years ago

Biden seems to be in control now (unless Coronavirus gets him first), and once the nomination is official, I think we'll see him slide gently back to the middle.

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
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4.1  seeder  XXJefferson51  replied to  Tacos! @4    4 years ago

The party and its platform will not allow him to stray from their far left mantra/dogma.

 
 
 
Tacos!
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4.1.1  Tacos!  replied to  XXJefferson51 @4.1    4 years ago

We see more extreme positions taken in the primaries because that's what it takes to get the nomination. Then in the general election, candidates often move to the center to win independents. It makes it hard - for me, at least - to believe anything these people say about what they will really do when they are president.

 
 
 
cjcold
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4.1.2  cjcold  replied to  XXJefferson51 @4.1    4 years ago

Biden has always been a moderate centrist. Only a far right winger could think of Biden as being anything but.

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
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4.1.3  seeder  XXJefferson51  replied to  cjcold @4.1.2    4 years ago

Biden was a poser when he was pretending to be a moderate. He’s a senile old fraud

 
 

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