What is wrong with the democratic party?
The Democratic Party appears to be hell-bent on self destruction. They have allowed the Progressives, with their Marxist radical agenda, to infiltrate and take them over. The Democratic Party is the longest surviving political party in the country, dating back to the founding, once inspired by the principles held by Thomas Jefferson and other true patriots. In 1792, followers of Jefferson adopted the name Republican to emphasize their views opposing centralization of power, then became the Democratic-Republican Party. The Jeffersonian Republicans advocated a decentralized government with limited powers, a far cry from today's Democratic Party. The Democratic Party, as a party distinct from the Democratic-Republicans, took hold supporting the beliefs and ambitions of Andrew Jackson. Had Jackson's ideas and ambitions not appealed to many Americans in the 1820s and '30s, the Democratic Party would not have formed around him.
They were the most important party in U.S. history and dominated American politics between 1828 and 1860, then again between 1932 and 2000. Their ideology could have originally been summarized as follows:
Society must have laws that the majority of people support and accept.
Dissenting minorities are protected and have the right to have an opinion different from the majority.
The people rule and thus, the people elect government.
Government should respect and protect individual rights.
Government should also respect and protect individual freedoms.
Civil liberties must be guaranteed for all citizens by the government.
Government must work for the common good.
In today's Democratic Party, it would be hard to find any evidence that they are abiding by these principles. Most, if not all, of these beliefs are embedded in our Constitution, yet today's Democrats have ran far away from these principles. The laws being passed in Congress and signed by the president shred the intent and meaning of the Constitution and have little regard for the individual rights or welfare of the people.
Since the 1880s, every president and every person serving in Congress has taken this oath:
"I do solemnly swear or affirm that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservations or purposes of evasion; and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter; so help me God."
In passing and affirming unconstitutional laws, in usurping powers reserved to the States, in appropriating public money for state and local handouts, and a long list of other actions not included in the Constitution, few, if any, of those serving in Congress or the administration have lived up to their oath of office but rather, have violated that oath and committed treason against the American people. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi put it succinctly when she was asked by a reporter if the health care bill they were considering was constitutional. Her reply, "Are you serious? Are you serious?" Their crimes against the people are fully documented by their names on the legislation they introduced, cosponsored, or signed.
In view of the actions taken by this corrupt Democratic Congress and administration and their obvious abandonment of constitutional principle, the rule of law, and their failure to perform in the best interest of the people, it is time to add them to the huge roll of the unemployed. If the Democratic Party does not purge itself of these radical Progressives, it is doomed to eventual distinction.
"Now, back in 1927 an American socialist, Norman Thomas, six times candidate for president on the Socialist Party ticket, said the American people would never vote for socialism. But, he said, under the name of Liberalism, the American people will adopt every fragment of the socialist program...this threat is with us, and at the moment is more imminent." RONALD REAGAN.
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The recent election in the most Democratic state, Massachusetts, is the strongest indication of just how far the Democrats are out of touch with the American people. Obama's, Pelosi's, and Reid's big government agenda turned Massachusetts into a swing state and the Independents controlled the outcome of the election.
With the election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts, there are some indications that the Democrats still don't see the handwriting on the wall. President Obama and the leaders in Congress are searching for a way to salvage the takeover of the health care system. They are looking for ways to scale back the current bills or by passing parts of it through underhanded procedural options such as reconciliation. The Election of Sen. Brown should have told them, if they didn't already know, that the American people want no part of anything presently before the Congress. The people do want health care reform, but not a government run or controlled system resulting in higher taxes and declining quality of care. They keep on saying that the way to go is to put more people in the Medicare system. Medicare is bankrupt and the government owes trillions that they have wrongfully appropriated from Medicare tax receipts. Adding more people to a bankrupt system is just about as stupid as one can get.
President Obama mistook the mandate he was given as unlimited. Instead, he was given a limited mandate to heal the widening breach between the two parties and to restore trust in government through transparency. Rather than abiding by his campaign rhetoric, he and the Democrats in Congress have foisted off a radical agenda that is not supported by the people. They have stifled debate and bullied the moderate members of their own party. They, and the liberal media, mock the tea party movement and conservatives but that is where the majority of support among the American people exists.
Americans are fed up with the bribes and secret meetings that the Democrats have participated in to get a fundamentally flawed health care bill as far as it has come. Dishonesty and corruption in the Democratic leadership are precisely why so many citizens are mad and why congressional approval ratings are lower than leprosy. Obama and the stupid Democrats are still blaming George Bush for the problems in the health care system and the distaste in the public. Are they ignorant or so possessed by the Progressive agenda that they can't see what is going to happen to them. It reminds one of a circular firing squad. If they insist on continuing their highly unpopular agenda, they might as well start packing before the November elections.