Let's make fun of Trump, bash him, etc. while we can!

[David Horn]

(08-17-2016, 02:35 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: ... Democrats are concerned about helping the disadvantaged, the underdog, the poor, the discriminated against; those going through hard times; those who need a hand up, not just a handout. Which could be you or me. Republicans represent those like Donald Trump or the Koch Brothers who kick people out on the street, who exploit people with low wages and bad working conditions, and who destroy the environment and speculate with the economy. They support gutting social programs for the poor, on the theory that if you then give tax breaks to the rich, business will improve and the benefits will trickle-down, and the poor will either learn self-reliance, or suffer due to their own failure, or their membership in some inferior group. That's what Reagan thought, and that's what he did. But those policies have "died of a theory," just like racism before the Confederacy. They don't work, because if you give the breaks to the already wealthy and powerful, they say thank you very very much, and then pocket the money. There is no trickle; it's a tinkle.

This is the old Democratic focus that is just not there anymore.  Today's Democrats favor niche movements, primarily minority based.  They also favor Wall Street.  Their coalition is the result of decades of drift; the GOP is similarly changed.  Bernie tried to move them back in the direction they occupied at their policy peak, and that may still happen in time ... just not this time.