Arks&sparka
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The Democrats have always been a diversified hot mess. The first political conventions I witnessed on TV were the 1968 Republican and Democrat conventions. My dad was Republican and mom Democrat. The difference between the two political parties became clear even to my 12-year-old eyes. The Democrats haven't changed much, just more authoritarian but the Republicans today bear no resemblance to the Republicans of that era.
I wasn't alive in the 60s about the time I became aware of politics was during Clinton's era. Yeah there were malcontents within both parties but I don't recall then every attacking their own in fact one of the things I admired about Democrats was their solidarity something that is totally absent among Republicans. Perhaps I just came of age during a lull. Perhaps I wasn't aware of it.