Joseph Dougherty Quotes
We didn't leave the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party left us.
When the Trs Psrty snd other extrme conservatives gsined contol of the Republican Party and moved the party far to the right, the Democratic Party, began shifting to the left. The centeriists of both parties began to be ignored as politicians of each party stove to avoid attacks from their extremes. The result were centerists who left their old party loyalties becomming indeprndents or joininng the other party.
Joseph Dougherty Time Magazine, January 2017 - Feburary 2018
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Closest reference to this quote is during remarks at a Fundraiser for Gov. James R. Thompson, Jr., in Rosemont, Illinois August 12, 1986 where he said: “When [Jim O’Grady] was at the White House, Jim said to me, "The great Democratic Party of my father's and grandfather's time just doesn't exist anymore. Mr. President, I didn't leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me. That's why I switched parties." And I said, "Jim, join the crowd.”” http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=37732
He like many other Americans had become dissatisfied with the religious, right wing fundamentalist ideology of the George W. Bush administration and the Republicans who controlled Congress until the election of 2006.
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