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Whether you are a Democrat, Republican, Independent, Centrist, Socialist: what is the future of the Democratic Party?
If they continue with the policies Obama set in place, which is putting America in decline, I would say the Democratic party won't have a future. I hope who vote for Democrats realize it before it's too late.
Heaven forbid we elected a man who has built a fortune with hard work, negotiating and making the right decisions.
We are OVER 19 TRILLION in debt. Nah, we don't need an experience successful businessman!
The left elects who they do and are surprised to find out they have LOST the House and Senate, the majority of governorship and more state legislatures then anytime in over 100 years.
Please, PLEASE keep voting for your "side".
When one experiences a less than satisfactory experience with a dentist, they generally seek out another dentist, not a rodeo clown.Just what makes you think Trump can change anything? Businessmen have very little skill when it comes to government. Trump doesn't even have people skills. He's attractive to those who are of the mind "anyone other than a politician". If you like the idea that so many congressmen and governors are republican, wait a little while... My side is the politician who matches my ideology, not which party. I imagine you view politics much the same as sports teams...
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Just what makes you think Trump can change anything? Businessmen have very little skill when it comes to government. Trump doesn't even have people skills. He's attractive to those who are of the mind "anyone other than a politician". If you like the idea that so many congressmen and governors are republican, wait a little while... My side is the politician who matches my ideology, not which side. I imagine you view politics much the same as sports teams...
Really?
What is politics, but the art of negotiation and deal brokering? Throw in a little corruption, disregard for the constituents, and tunnel vision (nearly all are lawyers) and you have a politician.
Perhaps a candidate who is not a Washington insider and does not seek to advance personal wealth may be a good thing. We have seen (in Obama) that lack of political experience can be disasterous. On the other hand, Lincoln, Jackson, Ike, and Wilson had very little political experience before becoming POTUS.
What is politics, but the art of negotiation and deal brokering? Throw in a little corruption, disregard for the constituents, and tunnel vision (nearly all are lawyers) and you have a politician.
Perhaps a candidate who is not a Washington insider and does not seek to advance personal wealth may be a good thing. We have seen (in Obama) that lack of political experience can be disasterous. On the other hand, Lincoln, Jackson, Ike, and Wilson had very little political experience before becoming POTUS.
On that note I'd have to say that Trump's idea of negotiation is rather apolitical. What goes on in private business would hardly work in a political setting. Lincoln held many political positions before the presidency. Wilson was governor of NJ. Jackson was a lawyer, a delegate to the constitutional convention, the first congressman from Tennessee, then a senator and a superior court judge.
Realistically, the Democratic party will soon be pushed much further to the left. Everyone under 30 loves - LOVES Bernie Sanders. Millennials want European-style socialism, and thanks to Globalization and the Internet, conservatives can't pretend that democratic socialism doesn't work anymore.
Regardless of your respective personal beliefs, the change is inevitable. It's simply a numbers game - boomers are passing away, and millennials have mostly come of age. We are the majority generation in the workforce.
Feel the Bern!!
Of course they do. Because mommy and daddy are still funding their "dreams". Wait until those millennials have to enter the real world, and see that "free stuff" isn't really free.
Those boomers you think will go away were once the ultra-lefty generation that would have lapped up Sanders. Then they grew up.
Nope, I didn't raise them to hate people of color, gay people, people of different religions or ethnicities than their own, people who are poor. In other words, I didn't raise them with traditional Conservative/Tea Party "values." The xenophobia of the far right will die away as Millennials, who are the first truly global generation, takes the reins.
No, you just raised them to hate white men, Christians, and the middle class. Well played. At least you'll be the one to fund their ponzi scheme of a government when they take the reins.
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