Well, I've only voted once, so I can say I never have. I'm much too conservative to be classified as a Republican though.

 

Well that explains it. I've mistaken you for one of the "I'm a proud Democrat who has voted Republican in every election" crowd.

I guess I should clarify....I've only been able to vote once, and I did so. That's the only reason I've only voted once.

When was the last time either of you voted for a Democrat on the national ticket? John W Davis? And yes, that would be 1924.

 

As for me (and Oh how I appreciate the scacam , LOL) it was the first term that Slick Willy Clinton was elected. That was the last and believe me there hasn't been a Democrat worth voting for since and I cetainly can't see any anywhere in office right now that are worth my time. Liberals have taken over the Democratic party along with what it once stood for.

Should you have to ask me what the Democrats once stood for then that tells me all that I need to know about that.

As for me and (Oh how I appreciate the scacam ) it was the first term that Slick Willy Clinton was elected. That was the last and believe me there hasn't been a Democrat worth voting for since and I cetainly can't see any anywhere in office right now that are worth my time. Liberals have taken over the Democratic party along with what it once stood for.

 

Clinton ran as a liberal in '92. :creepy:

 

 

Should you have to ask me what the Democrats once stood for then that tells me all that I need to know about that.

 

They used to be social conservatives prior to the FDR to Johnson period.

Clinton ran as a liberal in '92. :creepy:

 

 

:thumb: and I fell for the sugar coated cover up...no more

 

They used to be social conservatives prior to the FDR to Johnson period.

 

I am old but not that old and like I said in the earlier post and this is the same thing as you asking "what the democratic party used to be", and tells me all that I need to know :sleep:.

Better get some more bait, nothing biting here. :lol:

 

A.B.O. (anyone but Obama) in 08'

^ I don't believe Clinton was shy about it in '92. And I don't know what you're talking about with the rest. I just think you're registered with the wrong party.

When Bill Clinton came to Maysville during the primary season on behalf of Hillary, he said that he had a response to those who told him that they didn't miss the Clinton years.

 

"What don't you miss - the peace or the prosperity?"

 

Rings even more true on September 29th than it did a few months ago.

 

 

It occurs to me (and I'm not saying this is true of oldrambler or anyone else on this board, just an observation) that LOT of folks in this Commonwealth are REGISTERED Democrats, but are in practice anything but. I have many friends that fall in this category.

^I think that has to do with the changing of the Democratic party, not the voters. As Oldramber said, the liberals have overrun the leadership of the Democratic party, and changed the perception of the party.

When Bill Clinton came to Maysville during the primary season on behalf of Hillary, he said that he had a response to those who told him that they didn't miss the Clinton years.

 

"What don't you miss - the peace or the prosperity?"

 

Rings even more true on September 29th than it did a few months ago.

 

 

It occurs to me (and I'm not saying this is true of oldrambler or anyone else on this board, just an observation) that LOT of folks in this Commonwealth are REGISTERED Democrats, but are in practice anything but. I have many friends that fall in this category.

 

I think that is a phenomena of popular Presidents. Like FDR-Democrats and Reagan-Republicans. Whole generations register for that party, or even generations after that, but eventually they find their core set of beliefs independent of their initial registration and they sometimes don't mesh. But, Kentucky also has a pretty thick local political scene, so maybe voters register based on their particular region independent of the national scene. I've always wondered but never bothered to research it.

 

^I think that has to do with the changing of the Democratic party, not the voters. As Oldramber said, the liberals have overrun the leadership of the Democratic party, and changed the perception of the party.

 

Yeah, in the 40s and 50s. I guess Mondale was bit of a moderate, but that's the only Democrat who ran after FDR that wasn't a liberal, unless I am mistaken.

 

Yeah, in the 40s and 50s. I guess Mondale was bit of a moderate, but that's the only Democrat who ran after FDR that wasn't a liberal, unless I am mistaken.

 

From what I've read about LBJ, it didn't seem like he was a big liberal, but I admittedly don't know a whole lot about him.

From what I've read about LBJ, it didn't seem like he was a big liberal, but I admittedly don't know a whole lot about him.

 

He was liberal for the most part. I don't know whether the war in Vietnam was a "conservative" action or not, though LBJ did defeat prototypical conservative Barry Goldwater largely due to the war. Anyhow, this is how Johnson's domestic policies will be most remembered: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Society

I think that is a phenomena of popular Presidents. Like FDR-Democrats and Reagan-Republicans. Whole generations register for that party, or even generations after that, but eventually they find their core set of beliefs independent of their initial registration and they sometimes don't mesh. But, Kentucky also has a pretty thick local political scene, so maybe voters register based on their particular region independent of the national scene. I've always wondered but never bothered to research it.

 

 

 

Yeah, in the 40s and 50s. I guess Mondale was bit of a moderate, but that's the only Democrat who ran after FDR that wasn't a liberal, unless I am mistaken.

 

I have always believed that this explained the Kentucky DINO phenomenon. Many local elections have no GOP presence, so lots of folks register as Democrats just so they can participate.

I have always believed that this explained the Kentucky DINO phenomenon. Many local elections have no GOP presence, so lots of folks register as Democrats just so they can participate.

 

Good point. That probably explains the lot of it.

^ I don't believe Clinton was shy about it in '92. And I don't know what you're talking about with the rest. I just think you're registered with the wrong party.

 

First comment, he probably wasn't, just covered his ...."stuff"....just well enough, then he stirred it and you know what they say about a pile of cow manure..."if it is just sitting there, it does smell a little, stir it up and then you know exactly what you are dealing with".

As for the bolded, that's my point. .

As for the last comment, you actually may be right about that.

^I think that has to do with the changing of the Democratic party, not the voters. As Oldramber said, the liberals have overrun the leadership of the Democratic party, and changed the perception of the party.

 

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