nosmokes
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Fri Jun-20-08 07:31 PM
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So the Democratic Party stands for what exactly? Because I can't |
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figure it out any longer. Keep the illegal immoral war and occupation in Iraq going; continue the clusterfuck in Afghanistan w/ no clear definition of what the mission is there;bend, staple,fold,mutilate,stomp on and ignore the Constitution.Allow corporate criminals free rein to do as they please; allow government criminals to assist the corporate criminals. I dunno, but it's sounding an awful lot like what the GOPosse stands for.
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Fri Jun-20-08 07:35 PM
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1. After 16 years of GOOPerness, I gonna Vote BLUE..... |
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Fri Jun-20-08 07:37 PM
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2. They stand for nothing and everything, all at once... |
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Their most recent party platform seems to be a guide book for how to piss off and satisfy the most people at the same time.
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Fri Jun-20-08 07:40 PM
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3. "Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely". |
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Now that the Democrats have power, Lord Acton's axiom is in full effect.
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Fri Jun-20-08 07:59 PM
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4. It stands for the one-party system |
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Because no matter who gets in charge, the record shows that nothing substantial changes, except the system as a whole becomes more corrupt. There's actually an established practice in D.C. where when one party is in power, its friends sell their contacts with officials to the people on the other side; and when power (allegedly) changes hands, the situation reverses itself. This arrangement assures the permanent employment of the group of people whose jobs it is to corrupt our government and bend it to the will of private interests - a group of people who effectively govern no matter whose face it is on TV.
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Fri Jun-20-08 08:02 PM
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5. The nation has been traumatized and its raw nerves exploited. |
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Edited on Fri Jun-20-08 08:02 PM by sharesunited
Real leadership is still needed to turn the ship of state around. Not just a Congressional voting majority.
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Fri Jun-20-08 08:06 PM
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6. Ralph Nader is looking better and better to me..... |
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fuck the democRATS.
They left the party, I didn't.
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Fri Jun-20-08 08:12 PM
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7. We stand for what we've always stood for. |
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One bad vote doesn't change everything.
Don't forget, we still have a chance in the Senate to defeat this crap.
So, please don't fall into the GOP's favorite tactic: convincing independents, undecideds that there is no difference between the two major parties.
I truly believe that despite this fucked-up vote, the Constitution will survive. In a week, I hope to be proven correct.
But--right now--we're allowing our emotions to cloud this issue and our party.
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Fri Jun-20-08 08:48 PM
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How many times has the war been funded? Why was impeachment of the war criminals never on the table? Why is Scooter Libby the only Bushco official ever indicted? The crimes are many, the actions for justice are feeble, even for a Congress with a bare majority.
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Fri Jun-20-08 08:20 PM
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8. Isn't there a Democratic Convention coming up in Denver? |
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Would THAT be the forum to discuss the philosophy and future goals of the DEMOCRATIC party? You know, a forum to discuss the policies, issues and DIIFICULTIES involved in realizing them?
Or is the Convention merely a coronation?
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Fri Jun-20-08 08:22 PM
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9. The President is still a Republican |
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Not funding the war and the M$M starts on not supporting the troops and guess who gets blamed?
The Dems need a bigger House majority, a real good Senate majority and the WH.
Expecting miracles of change now is unrealistic.
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Fri Jun-20-08 08:30 PM
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Fri Jun-20-08 09:13 PM
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12. Near as I can tell my Congressman is an invertebrate |
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Rick Larsen is a middle-of-the-road Dem, whose main objective seems to be re-election. If he has principles, he's never mentioned them.
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