As former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper drops out of the presidential race, the Democratic Party should be ashamed that he proved too “moderate” for its nomination.

The only real waves Hickenlooper made in his short-lived presidential adventure was when he was booed unmercifully for insisting, quite sensibly, that capitalism is a system worth saving while socialism is, well, idiotic. That this bit of basic common sense is seen by Democratic activists as a detriment is a sign that the party has gone ideologically loco. Only historical illiterates deny that socialist economics have never worked anywhere, at any time. All they bring is financial misery and curtailment of freedom.

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