Socialist Democratic Party

Above, socialists have taken over the California state govenment.

"Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people’s money." - Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

One must be living in a void or just not paying attention to the fact that the Democratic Party is no longer the Democratic Party of your grandparents or even your parents. The Democratic Party has been taken over by a radical fringe of socialists and, incredibly, communists.

The same people who have been trying to smear President Trump and, in some cases the Republican Party as "Nazis" or "fascists" have been embracing socialism, that great philosophy that has ruined Venezuela and other countries (Mexico may be next as a radical socialist has just been elected president. They have taken over the state of California and made a mess of it.

Do you ever wonder why Democrats don't take umbrage over being labeled "socialists" or even "communists" as Republicans rail against being labeled "Nazis" and "fascists"? In so many cases with the Democrats, it is just flat out true!

Small wonder that some liberals (of a more traditional Democrat sense) have started the #WalkAway movement.

AP News has an interesting article on the rise of socialists in the Democratic Party, particularly the Democratic Socialists of America.

Here's part of the article:

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A week ago, Maine Democrat Zak Ringelstein wasn’t quite ready to consider himself a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, even if he appreciated the organization’s values and endorsement in his bid to become a U.S. senator. 

Three days later, he told The Associated Press it was time to join up. He’s now the only major-party Senate candidate in the nation to be a dues-paying democratic socialist. 

Ringelstein’s leap is the latest evidence of a nationwide surge in the strength and popularity of an organization that, until recently, operated on the fringes of the liberal movement’s farthest left flank. As Donald Trump’s presidency stretches into its second year, democratic socialism has become a significant force in Democratic politics. Its rise comes as Democrats debate whether moving too far left will turn off voters. 

“I stand with the democratic socialists, and I have decided to become a dues-paying member,” Ringelstein told AP. “It’s time to do what’s right, even if it’s not easy.” 

There are 42 people running for offices at the federal, state and local levels this year with the formal endorsement of the Democratic Socialists of America, the organization says. They span 20 states, including Florida, Hawaii, Kansas and Michigan. 

The most ambitious Democrats in Washington have been reluctant to embrace the label, even as they embrace the policies defining modern-day democratic socialism: Medicare for all, a $15 minimum wage, free college tuition and the abolition of the federal department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE. [Note: they never give anyone the price tag in taxes and deficits that their utopian plans will cost. - A.]

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Congress’ only self-identified democratic socialist, campaigned Friday with the movement’s newest star, New York City congressional candidate Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old former bartender who defeated one of the most powerful House Democrats last month. 

Her victory fed a flame that was already beginning to burn brighter. The DSA’s paid membership has hovered around 6,000 in the years before Trump’s election, said Allie Cohn, a member of the group’s national political team. 

Last week, its paid membership hit 45,000 nationwide. 

There is little distinction made between the terms “democratic socialism” and “socialism” in the group’s literature. While Ringelstein and other DSA-backed candidates promote a “big-tent” philosophy, the group’s constitution describes its members as socialists who “reject an economic order based on private profit” and “share a vision of a humane social order based on popular control of resources and production, economic planning, equitable distribution, feminism, racial equality and non-oppressive relationships.” 

Members during public meetings often refer to each other “comrades,” wear clothing featuring socialist symbols like the rose and promote authors such as Karl Marx. 

The common association with the failed Soviet Union has made it difficult for sympathetic liberals to explain their connection.

These radical socialists have to be defeated this coming November.

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