JFK would be appalled

OPINION:

Do those of us who remember President John F. Kennedy ever wonder what happened to his style of Democrat?

The Kennedy administration was composed of members of the post-World-War-II generation that was raised with more affluence and education than their parents. It rejected the wars and policies of the previous generation and ushered in a rebellious and idealistic liberalism to create social change. The 1960s changed many things in our society.

The Democratic Party has also changed drastically since those days. In “Commies: A Journey Through the Old Left, the New Left and the Leftover Left” Ronald Radosh explains how the Democratic Party became infiltrated with communists and socialists responsible for the leftist political culture we see today. Communism and socialism just didn’t go away during or after the Cold War; they wormed their way into the Democratic Party.

That’s why we see all these extreme behaviors among today’s Democrats. They are driven by a “squad” of ideologues. This cabal of contingencies isn’t good for our nation and could ultimately change America forever.

JFK Democrats, of which there are fewer and fewer, need to decide if they believe in the new far-left direction their party has taken — or if they should make a change and create a new branch of the Democratic Party or a new party altogether.

GARY HUKRIEDE

White Bear Lake, Minnesota