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(4) | Ingen | In 2016 the Democratic Party lost control of every branch of government. Countless explanations and excuses have been offered, but in this heartfelt, evocative book longtime Democratic activist Thomas B. Reston illuminates the true cause: the Party has lost its soul. In Reston's view the Party has abandoned any unifying idealistic message. Instead of crafting policies and platforms that appeal to the nation as a whole, Democrats target specific blocs of voters -and change their talking points accordingly. This divisive approach will not end well for Democrats, or the country as a whole. If they want to remain competitive on the national stage, Reston argues, Democrats need a coherent, blunt set of American ideals. The good news is, they already have one. In Soul of a Democrat, Reston takes us on a journey through the history of the Party with thumbnail portraits of its most important figures, illuminating the core ideals and principles they fought for. Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic Party to lift up the people as a whole by empowering each individual citizen. Andrew Jackson committed the party to always fight for outsiders. Woodrow Wilson insisted on a progressive respect for ideas. William Jennings Bryan introduced the altruistic Social Gospel. Franklin D. Roosevelt promised economic security for all. Lyndon B. Johnson championed the ongoing struggle for civil rights. These Democratic statesmen knew that a successful party needs strong idealistic roots, an understandable message, and an emphatic focus on the purpose of what it is doing, instead of on the mechanics. Reston's concise and elegant book shows modern Democrats how to learn from their own past, and once again become The Party of The People.… (mere) |
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Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen Viden Redigér teksten, så den bliver dansk. The result is a paradox: the progressives are the most powerful faction within the Democratic Party today, yet without a sturdy rudder to steer by, they are the most isolated, and isolation is the most grievous danger there is in politics. Isolation means a loss of understanding of other people's instincts, concerns, and needs. Intellectual isolation from differing strands of the broad body politic can lead the loner into single-minded pursuit of his own narrow enthusiasms. Needless to say, isolation can mean the loss of potential political allies. Axiomatically, it makes it harder to get your own programs passed, and help is harder to come by when you get into real trouble, as inevitably you do in politics.
It is when the progressives seem to operate by themselves that they pose a problem for the Democrats (and, parenthetically, a danger to themselves) [. . .] the progressive tradition itself is suddenly vulnerable to the interpretation that what it really amounts to is this: “Leave it to us. We know best. We're the experts. We will operate the apparatus by ourselves.” (VI “A Respect for Ideas, Woodrow Wilson and Democratic Progressivism,” p. 145) Democratic progressivism means respect for the primacy of popular rule by The People, understanding that they are but one part of a broad coalition of interest groups, and particularly of ideas and ideals, and that the key to their effectiveness must lie in making alliances with goal-oriented intellectual traditions within the Party's structure. (VI “A Respect for Ideas, Woodrow Wilson and Democratic Progressivism,” p. 146) The ultimate purpose of a party in a competitive democracy is to organize political thought in order to conduct the power struggle. Yet these days it sometimes seems as if the Democrats are too exhausted even to try to forge a party that can hang together as an honorable, respectable, and serious national force of ideas. (VI “A Respect for Ideas, Woodrow Wilson and Democratic Progressivism,” p. 147) At virtually every level of government, the voters rejected the Democratic party and the mindset that it was offering to the public during the 2016 campaign. We are out now. This is our opportunity to think again, to reconsider who we are, and what our guideposts must be for our country. (VI “A Respect for Ideas, Woodrow Wilson and Democratic Progressivism,” p. 147) | |
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Ingen ▾Bogbeskrivelser In 2016 the Democratic Party lost control of every branch of government. Countless explanations and excuses have been offered, but in this heartfelt, evocative book longtime Democratic activist Thomas B. Reston illuminates the true cause: the Party has lost its soul. In Reston's view the Party has abandoned any unifying idealistic message. Instead of crafting policies and platforms that appeal to the nation as a whole, Democrats target specific blocs of voters -and change their talking points accordingly. This divisive approach will not end well for Democrats, or the country as a whole. If they want to remain competitive on the national stage, Reston argues, Democrats need a coherent, blunt set of American ideals. The good news is, they already have one. In Soul of a Democrat, Reston takes us on a journey through the history of the Party with thumbnail portraits of its most important figures, illuminating the core ideals and principles they fought for. Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic Party to lift up the people as a whole by empowering each individual citizen. Andrew Jackson committed the party to always fight for outsiders. Woodrow Wilson insisted on a progressive respect for ideas. William Jennings Bryan introduced the altruistic Social Gospel. Franklin D. Roosevelt promised economic security for all. Lyndon B. Johnson championed the ongoing struggle for civil rights. These Democratic statesmen knew that a successful party needs strong idealistic roots, an understandable message, and an emphatic focus on the purpose of what it is doing, instead of on the mechanics. Reston's concise and elegant book shows modern Democrats how to learn from their own past, and once again become The Party of The People. ▾Biblioteksbeskrivelser af bogens indhold No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThingmedlemmers beskrivelse af bogens indhold |
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