Reply #302: I've never been apathetic. [View All]

[Arianrhod]

Although I will admit to having been naive and misguided.

I didn't register as a Democrat until 1992, having become fed up with Bush senior's elitism and realizing that we needed a change. But the Dems haven't impressed me much, over the last 13 years. They still don't. Feinstein is a perfect example. She was outstanding as the Liberal mayor of San Francisco, but since taking office as a senator she seems to have taken on the personna of all those whose sole goal in life is to remain in office. The contempt she shows for Democratic ideals is both disappointing and frustrating. Like, what the hell is this business with pseudoepinephrine? A lot of us depend on that drug to keep our heads from exploding every autumn, yet she wants to criminalize it in order to create the illusion that the Dems are somehow "strong against drugs". Fuck her illusion. Fuck the "war" on drugs. Democrats shouldn't be jumping on the Republican bandwagons; we should be standing for the ideals and values that really matter.

As a Pagan, I live in a world of absolute reality, of absolute morality, and I'm sick of politicians, on every side of the aisle, distorting that reality with the sole intent of maintaining personal power and money. Diane Feinstein once had genuine potential, but she has given herself over to the dark side. Let her rot in it.

Barbara Boxer, OTOH, will get my vote every time.

How many Dems voted for the Patriot Act? Why should I trust them to defend my rights and interests, when they have each given them away in that one vote?

I don't share the faith you have in the so-called Democratic "leaders". I expect a LOT of repentance, a LOT of remorse, on the part of the Dems who currently hold office. If they want my vote, they damned well better demonstrate that they're worthy of it.