It's wet and gloomy in parts of Virginia today. Who's raining on your parade today? Tell the world about that or anything else in this open thread.
It's time for the Democrats to once again become the party of the middle class. We need to develop new pathways to the middle class and protect those who are already there.
Fight the Class War
If patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels, crying “class warfare†is the last refuge of wealthy elitists. Yet, inexplicably, this red herring emasculates Democrats in Washington. Every time pro–middle-class legislation is offered, Republicans berate it as class warfare. Worse, they get help from corporate factions within the Democratic Party itself.But as countless examples show, progressives are making inroads into culturally conservative areas by talking about economic class. This is not the traditional (and often condescending) Democratic pandering about the need for a nanny government to provide for the masses. It is us-versus-them red meat, straight talk about how the system is working against ordinary Americans.
In Vermont, Representative Bernie Sanders, the House’s only independent and a self-described socialist, racks up big wins in the “Northeast Kingdom,†the rock-ribbed Republican region along the New Hampshire border. Far from the Birkenstock-wearing, liberal caricature of Vermont, the Kingdom is one of the most culturally conservative hotbeds in New England, the place that helped fuel the “Take Back Vermont†movement against gay civil unions.
This is a trash presidency, founded on lies and knavery, fraud and ignorant ideological crackpottery.
That's just for starters.
Aussies Rock!
"Loudoun Dems are cocky going into this election after wins in November and then again in the District 33 special election in January. We need to draw a line in the sand NOW or just give up on Loudoun County."
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