Pop quiz, hot shot: name the last progressive dem president. (If you say Clinton I'll smack you.)
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Replying to @JustineLavaworm
Some say LBJ, some say FDR, a few said Carter. For me, Carter's the closest thing.
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Replying to @thewayoftheid
Doing a few progressive things isn't enough. By that measure Eisenhower is a progressive president.
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Replying to @JustineLavaworm
Which, for me, puts the whole "Dems must move closer to the center" argument I've been seeing tossed about into perspective.
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Replying to @thewayoftheid
It's utterly absurd. And completely ignores how far to the right the pendulum has swung.
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Replying to @JustineLavaworm @thewayoftheid
Only been alive for one genuinely progressive PM/President: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gough_Whitlam#Prime_Minister_.281972.E2.80.9375.29 … It lasted three years and I'm too young to remember.
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Replying to @JustineLavaworm @thewayoftheid
It didn't end well. And, lo, these many years later many of their progressive changes have been undone. It's very depressing.
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Replying to @JustineLavaworm
This reminds me of a thread someone made on here about the myth of incremental progress. I need to find it.
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