» The Democratic Party’s Drubbing of Joe the Plumber

Pajamas Media by Ruben Navarette Jr. | Oct. 19, 2008 (Opinion)

I realize it’s all about winning at this point. But someone has to ask: What has happened to the Democratic Party?

It seems like just yesterday that the party of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy was talking about income equality and civil rights and worker protections and going to bat for the little guy, the blue collar laborer, the everyday Joe the Plumber.

Now, the well-to-do elites who run the Democratic Party — and their ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Politics, U.S.
Topics: Obama Administration, Democratic Party
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Posted by: Posted by Roland F. Hirsch - Oct 19, 2008 - 6:34 PM PDT
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 by Roland F. Hirsch - Oct. 19, 2008

This opinion piece has considerable journalistic merit. The author provides considerable context in discussing the views of the Democratic Party in the past about workers and contrasting that with the views of Obama and Biden and the others who run the party today.

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