This is not your father's Democratic Party

The Democratic Party of JFK is long, long, long gone. Today it is a party not of centrists and liberals but of left-wing progressive socialists. Just look at the positions coming out of the various dozens of Democrat primary candidates. Can you fathom reparations (get out your wallet), allowing felons to vote, open borders, no borders, removing existing border walls, legalized prostitution, free college for all, free health care for all (get ready to stand in line for your government-appointed doctor), guns confiscation by executive order, legalized pot on a national basis, elimination of ICE and the Border Patrol, eliminating the Electoral College, expanding the Supreme Court, lowering the voting age to 16, late-term abortion up to the second the baby is born, freeing hardened drug dealers, and on and on.

These are just some of the nonsensical ideas of these candidates. And the party has endorsed their "new green deal" whose authors predict end of life as we know it in 10 years but will be saved if we eliminate all fossil fuels and the thousands of jobs along with it and be free of carbon emissions without the use of nuclear power.

The "new deal" calls for every building in the United States to be replaced or retrofitted in green fashion, elimination of automobiles and airplanes, and of course elimination of those messy cows.

For those Democrats that don't keep up with their political leaders, you may think I am exaggerating. I strongly suggest you do some research. I guarantee you will find all of this stuff entrenched in your party's leaders and policies.

And if you think it may end there, consider the Democrat governor of Virginia who has endorsed infanticide (i.e. murder). Embrace your party or you may want to look for an alternative.

Bill Koller

Des Plaines