10 Comments
User's avatar
⭠ Return to thread
PamelaZelie's avatar

“I think it is possible we may witness the complete collapse of progressive politics and a generation in the wilderness for Democrats.”

Oh, I pray it be so!

Expand full comment
william howard's avatar

besides being leaderless they have no policies that are good for America and Americans - and when the far left woke group splits from democrats to join the socialist party (where they belong) the democrat party may just go the way of the Whigs

Expand full comment
PEL's avatar

AOC seems to think she might be that leader!!

Expand full comment
MaryAnn's avatar

From KH to AOC. Dumb to Dumber. 🙄

Expand full comment
Freedom Fox's avatar

The term "Progressive" became so thoroughly discredited in the wake of the "Progressive Era" a century ago that it was dropped by Democrats for the second half of the 20th century in favor of "Liberal."

As "Liberal" became an easy layup to campaign against in the late 1990's during Bill Clinton's "third way" DLC presidency the liberals feeling left out by the turn to moderate corporatism reembraced "Progressive" as a rallying call in the Democratic Party civil war.

Progressivism was rehabilitated in the progressive mind that had never gone away after it was rejected around the WWII era, rebranded as "Liberal" to overcome the stench of the discredited anchor, the American cultural memory had died off by the early 2000's.

And once again Progressivism is revealing itself to be nauseating to the majority of Americans as it was before, and a new cultural memory is building. The term will be jettisoned just like it was after enough losses accumulate for them to abandon it and rebrand the values of the party. Which will be the same, just called something different, more stealthy.

It's a Lather, Rinse, Repeat process for those who've been around long enough to see the pattern.

Expand full comment
laura-ann Knox's avatar

I can't call them liberals, nor progressives. Those terms stick in my craw as the lies that they are.

I call them DemonRats or fascists or neo-fascists

Expand full comment
Guy White's avatar

“And that era — the era of dominant American culture — is under attack, and some might say it’s over, those who’ve given up. But that’s what’s stake here. That’s why the Democrat Party has to be defeated, not unified with, not gotten along with, not compromised with. They have to be stopped. If you value the institutions, the traditions, the liberty, freedom, principles of the founding and our Declaration, then you have to defeat them. You have to be for defeating them, on an ongoing basis. One election doesn’t mean diddly-squat.”

Prescient words from Rush Limbaugh, February 2016… friends, this is a war, it will continue, and there is no substitute for victory.

Expand full comment
Jaci's avatar

We will be victorious!

Expand full comment
Annie's avatar

Amen. It has been such a destructive force for all concerned.

Expand full comment
RunningLogic's avatar

I had the same thought!!

Expand full comment