Reply #100: Um, Hillary never beat Rove or Delay. [View All]

[Jennicut]

It was only Gingrich who was taken down. Only Gore beat Rove but then had the presidency stolen by Florida and then the Supreme Court. Delay did himself in with his own corruption. He was taken to task by one of his own, a Repub on the ethics committee named Joel Hefley. Also, Bill may have won the presidency but left Congress in shambles. Dems were out of power 12 years thanks to the Clinton's good buddy Terry McAuliffe. I detest the DLC as they are all about serving big large corps first and the people last. As for Chavez, I think he is good for trying to put the people first but some of his tactics are too much for me and associating with Iran's crazy leader is a real no-no. As for being a socialist, I really think many anti-DLC'rs are simply populists who want corruption and answering to the highest bidders (aka campaign contributers) taken out of the election and governing process. Also, the United States as we currently know it suffers from an infection of Plutocracy, where the rich and powerful ruling class has complete control. There is almost no Democracy anymore and no one currently in power wants to change the system as obviously it will put them out of power or alt least limit their power. However, in 2000 I voted for Gore and refused to vote for Nader. As we can see now Gore was a far better alternative to Chimpy and Nader was an ecomanical jerk. Gore was also far more of an outsider in his own party then many people realized then. It was Hillary who had the inside track with the DLC. As far as voting for Hillary if she wins the nomination, I still don't know. I wish there would be a legitimate third party alternative (Not Nader!) but if not then I and others who feel like me will be forced to choose between Corporation-light and Ultra-Corporation parties. It won't be a good feeling.