Tag Archives: New Left

The New Republic: Noam Scheiber: Bed Wetting Leftists: Democrats Who Freak Out Over Setbacks

Source:The New Democrat  There’s a faction in the Democratic Party, the far-left fringe,  as well as the broader far-left in America,who, to put it simply, make the perfect the enemy of the good. Any Democrat who doesn’t give them exactly … Continue reading

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The Federalist: David Corbin & Matt Parks: Publius and the Progressives

Source:The New Democrat  I see two dominant political factions in the Democratic Party today.  The first is the FDR/LBJ progressives, who are not Socialists but real Democratic progressives in the best sense of the word. They believe that we should have … Continue reading

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Adolph Reed: ‘What Nihilism? A Response to Michelle Goldberg’

Source:The Nation– “A polling site in Oklahoma City (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)” Also from The Nation. Source:The New Democrat “The focus of left politics must be to change the terms of a debate that leaves us with impoverished choices. It’s only … Continue reading

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Paul Krugman: ‘Inequality, Dignity & Freedom’

Source:New York Times– left-wing columnist Paul Krugman. Source:The New Democrat “Now that the Congressional Budget Office has explicitly denied saying that Obamacare destroys jobs, some (though by no means all) Republicans have stopped lying about that issue and turned to … Continue reading

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Russia Today: Thom Hartmann & Tim Cavanaugh: When Conservatives Embraced Big Government

Source:The New Democrat  What Thom Hartmann doesn’t mention is that a lot of those Federal jobs were created in the Reagan Administration in the U.S. Department of Defense and a large number in the private defense industry and most of … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: Bob Garfield: Why I Love Big Government: A Valentine for Big Gov.

Source:The New Democrat  Bob Garfield in his column in Slate today was explaining what he loved about big government and laying out a lot of the things that government does and calling them big government. The problem is that not … Continue reading

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Firing Line With William F. Buckley: The State of The Democratic Party (1985)

. Source:The New Democrat  What happened to the Democratic Party in 1968, 1972, 1980, 1984 and 1988 in those presidential defeats and in the case of 1980 when the not only lost the White House in a landslide, but lost … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: Tanner Colby: How The Left’s Embrace of Busing Hurt The Cause of Integration

Source:The New Democrat  As a Liberal I believe in things like equal opportunity, Equal Justice Under the Law, wrote a blog about that yesterday. Equal Protection Under Law all of these great liberal values that I believe puts me in … Continue reading

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The Hill: Judd Gregg: Progressives Play With Words, Truth

Source:The New Democrat  When I think of liberalism, I look to the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights, our Constitutional Amendments. Because that is where the core of liberalism is whether it is. Modern or classical and the reason … Continue reading

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Chicago Tonight: John Callaway Interviewing Senator George McGovern (1978)

. Source:The New Democrat If George McGovern was a loser, than America needs a lot more losers just like him. When it comes to knowledge, experience and judgement, because he is one of the finest people America has ever produced. … Continue reading

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