All that the Democratic Party has as its legacy are the beloved, taken-for-granted programs of the New Deal, and Great Society, in addition to the Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act. If the Republicans convince the Democrats to dismantle these programs, to cave on Voters and Civil Rights, then there is no Democratic Party ... Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid and other social safety net programs that help The People are all the Democrats can cite as their reason for support. I don't care what leaders in the Koch backed DLC have to say on the matter, for what I am laying out here is fact.
If I were a Democrat in office, or an aspirant to higher office as a Democrat, I would be fighting like Hell to protect The People's Earned Benefits Programs, for the minute Democrats allow their rich campaign contributors, and their Republican opponents convince them that compromise on these programs "is only right" ... the reason for being a Democrat for millions of Americans evaporates.
I hope the President understands that there is no greater prize for the Right Wing then to have the Social Safety Net programs they despise dismantled by an African American Democrat President. That's winning the lottery for them.
Don't cave on Earned Benefits, Democrats, there is no recovery from that for your party. No second chance. None.
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