The vanishing moderate Democrat

[MillCreek]

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/29/magazine/moderate-democrat.html

Interesting article about many of the themes discussed here, such as the Party as a whole moving further left to the detriment of their voter base outside affluent liberal areas.

[French G.]

Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake. Pretty much riding out from their forts and attacking their own supply lines at this point.

[Bogie]

The party controllers - the central folks - are mostly from the coasts. And they're telling people to stay with the party line, or have their funding cut off.

[Perd Hapley]

Elon Musk made folks big mad when he mentioned this a few weeks ago.

[zxcvbob]

Our governor, Tim Walz, was a moderate democrat.  Pro-gun, pro-veteran, nothing overly objectional that I remember.  I've voted for him before for state offices.  He went to Washington as a congressman and got schooled on how to be a proper Democrat.  Voted 100% with Nancy Pelosi while he was there.  Came home and he's still a liberal and now that he's somehow the governor he thinks he's the emperor.   

And I learned a lesson: never vote for a Democrat, they will stab you in the back when they get the chance.  (I did not vote for him for governor)

[Pb]

"Why won't these dumb bigots in flyover country vote for us?"

[HankB]

I think back to when the D party had moderates - Adlai Stevenson, Hubert Humphrey, and of course JFK. I was a youngster then, but were I to meet with any of these men as an adult, I bet we could have a civil discussion on various issues - we'd find some common ground, and agree to disagree on other matters. Afterwards, we'd shake hands, wish each other well, and part amicably.

I don't think civil discourse is possible with some (many?) of today's democrats. Within 5 minutes they'd be cursing and insulting me, telling me I had NO right to hold the positions I do, that I was sexist, nativist, racist, and every other -ist they could think of. Some might even think they could smack me without receiving a like response.

The lunatics ARE running the asylum.