tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post3884021818198441780..comments2024-03-19T08:42:45.690-04:00Comments on The Delaware Libertarian: Interestingly enough, the Democrats are no longer claiming to be the party of civil libertiesSteven H. Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-66525309701528042442012-09-17T03:57:08.045-04:002012-09-17T03:57:08.045-04:00"Platforms are generally useless, but I thoug..."Platforms are generally useless, but I thought it was interesting that Democrats would find it necessary to strike out their support for civil liberties."<br /><br />Platforms are useless except as running statements of what the party wants the world to believe they're about, i.e. their bullshit.<br /><br />They can be very very instructive however insofar as how they change, particularly when it involves a significant departure from or reversal of what was long a standing plank, and even more particularly when it concerns a broad, consequential question or issue.<br /><br />If the GOP, for example, omitted national security from its platform it would be a damn significant statement revealing far more about them than anything you'd learn from any party platform claptrap.<br /><br />And with the Democrats, their lack of giving a shit about civil liberties is now so pervasive that even their most shallow pro forma propaganda has finally caught up with the reality of who and what they really are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-14861990253907871472012-09-16T18:13:26.707-04:002012-09-16T18:13:26.707-04:00Don't force me to point out all the sheer nutc...Don't force me to point out all the sheer nutcase crap in the Green platform A1.<br /><br />I would consider voting for several different Greens around the country, including Andy Groff, but not based on their platform.<br /><br />Platforms are generally useless, but I thought it was interesting that Democrats would find it necessary to strike out their support for civil liberties.Steven H. Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-4792587592169923482012-09-16T18:09:01.277-04:002012-09-16T18:09:01.277-04:00Didn't you just say that nobody cares about p...Didn't you just say that nobody cares about party platforms? So now you do , too?<br /><br />Good catch, Steve. Vote Green Party this year. Gary Johnson is just another sore-loser republican, as have been all of the Libertarian Presidential Candidates.anononenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-23160816634204807452012-09-15T18:22:37.146-04:002012-09-15T18:22:37.146-04:00Well they certainly didn't stop making this cl...Well they certainly didn't stop making this claim on the basis that it is and always has been complete and utter hogwash.<br /><br />Other than their obsession with protecting abortion under any circumstance and a very brief flirtation with criminal defendant protections around the 1970's the Democrats have never known a civil liberty they wouldn't toss overboard in a heartbeat to advance government power and their control.<br /><br />Now that they have finally just come out as full-blown national socialists the absurd pretense that they ever gave a shit about civil liberties has actually become counterproductive to their lying, scheming and propagandizing. <br /><br />Ironically this admission (or omission really) is probably the only honest thing their party platform has ever revealed about what their true value are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-45293449477338102002012-09-15T08:17:04.877-04:002012-09-15T08:17:04.877-04:00Steve,
This speaks to the thread on Delaware'...Steve,<br /><br />This speaks to the thread on Delaware's (uppercase)democrat / fake liberal blog.<br /><br />http://www.delawareliberal.net/2012/09/13/reconnecting-de-voters-to-the-democratic-brand/#comment-299809delacratnoreply@blogger.com