Liberal Democrat here, growing increasingly frustrated with my own party...
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I grew up in a very blue state hearing stories from my parents and grandparents about how much dems did for the poor, working and middle classes. Thus, for a long time I was a staunch democrat. Well, until dems really lost their way. For example, the dems of yore would have been horrified to discover that their constituents were either seeing their wages depressed or were being displaced in the workforce all due to illegal immigration. They also would not have been happy to see Americans being deliberately displaced by H1-B visa holders. And those dems of yore would have done something about it---and I don't mean amnesty, nor do I mean bringing in even more H1-Bs. Instead, they would have fought for their constituents. Once upon a time you could have counted on the dems to fight for Americans.
Today's dems put illegal aliens ahead of the millions of suffering underemployed and unemployed Americans. They also don't care about Americans who have been displaced by H1-B visa holders. Even worse, they fight tooth and nail for illegal aliens, without so much of a single thought as to how this negatively affects Americans.
Libs once were very concerned about overpopulation and pushed for zero population growth. Many even decided to not have children because they didn't want to contribute to overpopulation. Fast forward to today---libs wring their hands over the environment all the while refusing to secure our borders or deporting illegal aliens. They think nothing about allowing 1 million legal immigrants into this country per annum with no thought about whether or not the infrastructure is there or the natural resources to deal with so many people.
Neither party is looking out for Americans. However, at one time I expected much, much more from the dems---and they delivered. Sadly, this is no longer the case.
Ditto to everything you stated in this post. Same here for myself, I also grew up in a home who believed that Dems did do so much for the party and for the working middle class and poor. And then to watch this party go down the drain, because it truly is. Every thing you state is true, and some may not like that, but that is life. I am not happy with either party myself, and for the voters, no doubt with Trump and Sanders winning in NH that speaks volumes also. And yes the Democrats of today have truly lost their way. You make some very good points, but then again I always agree with you.
I'm not happy with neither party either, I'm just less unenthusiastic about the democrats running the nation due to the Republicans running for office who are either big government in the bedroom or special interests like Trump. I only like Sanders right now and would hold my nose with Rubio if he was the Republican candidate. Kasich vs Hillary, I might just have to vote third party on.
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