Decades ago, the Democratic Party was led by the likes of Presidents Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy. Both presidents were proud of our county and its citizens.

These leaders would have never embarked on a foreign policy "apology tour," as did President Barack Obama.

Truman or Kennedy would never have allowed our country to be invaded by millions of illegal immigrants, as did Joe Biden.

In the 1980s, a coalition of moderate congressional Democrats known as the "blue dogs" assisted President Ronald Reagan pass historic tax cuts, which unleashed tremendous economic growth enabling our nation to exorcise the "malaise" that another Democratic President, Jimmy Carter, had infamously described - and allowed.

In the 1990s, a Democrat President, Bill Clinton, successfully worked with then- U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., to pass welfare reform, capital gains tax cuts and "four consecutive years of budget surpluses."

Sadly, the days of collaborative Democrats working with Republicans to pass legislation are over. One major reason is that the Democratic Party has become radicalized by the far left.

If a candidate in 2028, Truman, Kennedy, or Bill Clinton, would have no chance of winning the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.

The radicalization of the Democratic Party began with their presidential candidate Al Gore in 2000, who was consumed with his nonsensical "global warming" hysteria.

It continued in 2008 with the presidential nomination of Barack Obama.

Democrats nominated Obama even though he had limited experience as a "community organizer" and less than three years as a United States senator.

Obama was nominated because he was young, gave great speeches and, as an African American, allowed Democrats to play the race card.

Even though Obama was a disaster as a president, the Democrats never turned back toward the ideological center.

Every presidential nominee since then, Hillary Clinton, Biden and Kamala Harris, has been a devout adherent of the left wing.

The far left has captured the Democratic Party. Today’s leading candidates for their 2028 presidential nomination, such as Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., former U.S. Vice President Harris, former U.S.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. All are left-wing.

Today, the Democratic Party is obsessed with only one major goal.

It's not helping the American people, instead, it is to stop President Donald Trump and his agenda. Almost all leading Democrats are infected with the political disease known as "Trump Derangement Syndrome" (TDS).

Furthermore, congressional Democrats will likely impeach Trump for a third time.

Leading Democrats, such as Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshar, D-Ky., repeatedly claim that President Trump is placing American "democracy in jeopardy."

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, declared that she's working non-stop and running for the U.S. Senate seat in her state because "if I go to sleep, democracy may very well die."

Also, powerful Democrats, such as U.S. Senate Minority Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., use extreme language to criticize Trump and his Republican allies.

During a recent CNN interview, Schumer claimed that Republicans "don't want poor people to vote. They don't want people of color to vote."

This is complete and utter nonsense, an outrageous lie, but typical of how Democrats characterize Trump and the GOP.

In the face of this onslaught of craziness from the Democratic Party, there stands one elected official, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa.

He's the only leading Democrat with common sense, with a moderate political viewpoint, and is not suffering from TDS.

Very recently, Fetterman was the lone Democrat in the U.S. Senate to support funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Despite his support, the bill failed and DHS agencies were subsequently shut down.

Fetterman criticized fellow Democrats for using "sexist" terms to criticize DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. He also admitted that the country was "failing on the border" during the Biden administration.

Fetterman is incredibly supportive of Israel and has not been reticent about criticizing his own party.

In a recent Fox News interview, Fetterman noted that there is "a rot in my party, standing with pro-Hamas people."

He specifically blasted Ocasio-Cortez for aligning with Turkish American commentator Hasan Piker, known for his socialist and "pro-Hamas" views.

Fetterman also castigated his fellow Democrats for their hypocrisy on the issue of the filibuster. As Fetterman said, Democrats wanted to "nuke the filibuster" during the Biden administration, but "now we love the filibuster."

Fetterman recommended that Democrats "humble ourselves and remind people" of their new position.

Of course, Sen. Fetterman is the only Democrat who will admit his party's mistakes or break from the leftwing ideological grip that is controlling his colleagues.

For example, Fetterman supports voter identification.

He agrees with 84% of Americans who believe voters should provide photo identification (ID). According to Fetterman, "It's not a radical idea for regular Americans to show your ID to vote, and absolutely those things are not Jim Crow or anything."

While the senator's fellow Democrats are making the ludicrous claim that voter ID is racist, Fetterman notes that it is required in "many states" and "84% of Americans have no problem with" it.

Fetterman's common sense views are sorely lacking among Democrats today and are reminiscent of his party's bygone era.

Jeff Crouere, a New Orleanian, is a political columnist and commentator. He hosts "Ringside Politics," nationally on Real America's Voice TV Network & Americas Voice, and weekdays on WGSO 990-AM and Wgso.com. For more information: jcrouere@gmail.com. Read more Jeff Crouere Insider articles — Click Here Now.