Where I think the Democratic Party went wrong?

[Democratic Hawk]

I think the single biggest mistake the Democratic Party made was when it 'abandoned' a Trumanite foreign policy.

While the collapse of the 'Evil Empire' was very much realised by Reagan and accomplished under Bush (41), didn't it represent the ultimate triumph of the Truman Doctrine?

It would seem that the US electorate in the main have favoured a 'hawkish' foreign policy, which partially explains a preference for a Republican President.

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

I think the single biggest mistake the Democratic Party made was when it 'abandoned' a Trumanite foreign policy.

While the collapse of the 'Evil Empire' was very much realised by Reagan and accomplished under Bush (41), didn't it represent the ultimate triumph of the Truman Doctrine?

It would seem that the US electorate in the main have favoured a 'hawkish' foreign policy, which partially explains a preference for a Republican President.

Dave

You hit the nail on the head with that post.

While I'd certainly be a die-hard Democrat, I dare say that between McGovern and Nixon - don't be so surprised - I'd have voted for Nixon. Watergate-aside I think there was a lot of good in that man.

I wouldn't vote for Bush because I'm far from impressed with his domestic record and the Republican Party platform - I'm too progressive for that!

However, while I'm a hawk on areas of foreign policy, it is domestic issues, which primarily determine how I would vote.

As a loyal Labour Party member I will criticise it (as I would do the Democratic Party) when the need arises.

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

I think the single biggest mistake the Democratic Party made was when it 'abandoned' a Trumanite foreign policy.

While the collapse of the 'Evil Empire' was very much realised by Reagan and accomplished under Bush (41), didn't it represent the ultimate triumph of the Truman Doctrine?

It would seem that the US electorate in the main have favoured a 'hawkish' foreign policy, which partially explains a preference for a Republican President.

Dave

You hit the nail on the head with that post.

While I'd certainly be a die-hard Democrat, I dare say that between McGovern and Nixon - don't be so surprised - I'd have voted for Nixon. Watergate-aside I think there was a lot of good in that man.

I wouldn't vote for Bush because I'm far from impressed with his domestic record and the Republican Party platform - I'm too progressive for that!

However, while I'm a hawk on areas of foreign policy, it is domestic issues, which primarily determine how I would vote.

As a loyal Labour Party member I will criticise it (as I would do the Democratic Party) when the need arises.

Dave

You said the Democratic party has Americans in our interest. Maybe some Americans but I do not feel socialism is in my interest.

I'm not a socialist, I'm a socio-capitalist. I think the excesses of laissez-fare or neo-liberal economics need to be regulated, to some extent, to protect those most vulnerable from its excesses. I'd hardly call the Democratic Party socialist, it's not even social democratic. Faced with the choice of the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, I just know which I would support.

Economically, I'm new liberal; fiscally, I'm conservative and socially, I'm moderate.

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

If I had my way, the party would take the Humphreyesque stance on millitary, by increasing the budget, and A more moderate style stance on guns.

I'd most certainly subscribe to that.

Dave