73. From what I can tell, Danforth supports Democrats these days because one of the parties he grew up with abandoned him. Maybe both have, but one less than the other.
There's no need to find fault in what Democrats are doing. They are the only hope for moving this country forward, and that shouldn't fill anyone with glee, given their track record. But the GOP is brain dead, and the Supreme Court has abandoned the American people.
Remember "fiscally conservative, socially liberal"? What used to be liberal Republicans, and still are some conservative Democrats? Most people under 45 or so have never heard of a liberal Republican.
Do we need four parties, like New York City has? R/D/Liberal/Conservative? In his fourth term as NYC mayor, Ed Koch was endorsed by all except the liberals, who would probably be today's DSA.
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Almost starting to cover some basics, but lets have a quick historical flashback of how their industry got where it is now. It didn't get built from scratch, where did they get such knowledge? Oh that's right, that long period where they required anybody selling cars there to have 50% partnership with a Chinese company, and the vehicles be assembled there, and the parts be manufactured there.
Almost like it's protectionism, designed to jumpstart a base and undercut the rest of the planet's in the future. Like some strategist thought it out.