The Progressive Revolution: From Democratic to Liberal to Progressive to Socialist

The Progressive Revolution: From Democratic to Liberal to Progressive to Socialist

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/progressive-revolution-ends-in-socialism/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-04-16&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

Excerpt: Obama kick-started a cycle that moves ever farther left — even he now seems passé. Americans voted for Barack Obama in 2008 despite, not because of, his most partisan voting record in the Senate. They were once willing to look past his earlier dubious associations with abject anti-Semites such as the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, former terrorists like Bill Ayers, and unhinged characters such as Father Pfleger. They also averted their eyes from Obama’s often quite offensive commentary, in his autobiography and during the 2008 campaign (e.g., “typical white person” and “they cling to…” speech).