WI-Sen: Marquette: Thompson leading Baldwin by 8

[Ichabod]

The idea that to the 'traditional American' the difference between Marxism-Leninism and Anglo-American-style tepid social democracy isn't 'gigantic or important' is one of the worst things I've ever heard about American politics and public life.

The democratic party is influenced by Marxism

This is clearly not true. In many countries, Democratic Party wouldn't be even a left-wing party.

[Ichabod]

Well, I'm not American so I'm maybe forgetting something, but for me, it's pretty clear that Democratic Party has no influence from Marxism. Even IIRC, some of the most anti-communist people during the Cold War were Democracts (Larry McDonald, Scoop Jackson).

[Ichabod]

I didn't call you ignorant nor uninformed. I was just curious about your arguments about the Marxism influences over the Democratic Party (because, sorry, I don't see them).