At Some Point, Progressives Need to Break Up With the Democratic Party
It's time to get out of this abusive relationship. Photo Credit: JStone/Shutterstock.com July 4, 2014 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. At a certain point, if you have any relationship with dignity, you're supposed to get sick of being used and abused. Speaking of which: liberal Democrats. Democratic politicians act like right-wingers. Liberals vote for them anyway. The Democratic Party espouses right-wing policies. Self-described progressives give them cash. Comedian Bill Maher gave them a million cash dollars, yet Democrats don't agree with him on anything. Why? Because he hates Republicans even more. Why didn't Maher save his money? Or better yet, fund a group or a writer or an artist who promotes ideas he actually agrees with? Because he, like tens of millions of other liberals, are...