Who are these liberal democrats you talk about? Looking at the field all I see are leftovers like Pelosi and either whack jobs like Maxine and commie trash like all the rest.
Unless the word "liberal" has also been corrupted (it used to imply a smidge of openness) there are none left in the demo party. Hasn't been since Obama took office.
Liberal is a self-congratulatory mask they take in denial of their control issues. They have done it so long that everyone now calls them "liberals," even though they are the exact opposite.
@TimTuolomne In part I think they cling to the term in hopes that the grey-haired braindead Grannies will continue to think of them as the party of Roosevelt (2). Yeah, he was also a racist progressive but he also (using failed policies) tried to help the country thru difficult times. That is markedly different from today's liberals who couldn't care less about the peasants -- so long as they get theirs.
Yes, socialism can be used to crack down on destabilizers. Then it can be used to crack down on anyone. Who gets to decide? You don’t.
Its more difficult to root out the rats and cockroaches that come out at night and plunder the U.S. for wealth and power, because we are a representative republic with the only constitution in the World that requires due process that LIMITS government, and does not not enable government to trample our rights. We have to do it by the rule of law, backed by the people.
When the people do not back the rule of law, socialism will replace their apathy with tyranny.