--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > [snip] > > > I assume you're a Republican. I'm a progressive > > (albeit no longer a Democrat). Interesting that > > we both have the same take on the current > > happenings, despite, I gather, profound > > ideological differences. > > [snip] > > Could you please elaborate on that, Judy? > > I thought you once said you were a life-long Democrat. > Now you way you are no longer one. > > When did this happen and why?
Gee, I thought it was pretty clear from my posts. My ideology hasn't changed, but the Democratic Party is no longer in tune with it. The Dems took over Congress in 2006, but not a damn thing has changed; they're still kowtowing to the Republicans. Then the Democratic leadership decided to go with Obama instead of Hillary even though his commitment to progressive goals is as thin as dishwater. And his supporters behaved abominably toward her and her supporters, as they are now behaving toward Palin, as thuggishly as I've ever seen any Republicans behave. It isn't that it's "all about Hillary"; it's not. What they did to her is a *symptom* of how the party has degenerated. That's the short version.
