Reply #17: But that's exactly what the top .1% don't want. [View All]

[Foo Fighter]

That's the whole reason they use issues like abortion and gun control and "national security" or whatever to distract the populace and get them to vote on single issues. If people were to put everything else aside and vote strictly on economic issues, there would be hell to pay. Just look at Jim Webb's comment regarding his amendment regarding his inability to get a vote on limiting Wall Street bonuses:

Webb has pushed for a onetime windfall profits tax on Wall Street's record bonuses. He talks about the "unusual circumstances of the bailout," that the bonuses wouldn't be there without the bailout.

"I couldn't even get a vote," Webb says. "And it wasn't because of the Republicans. I mean they obviously weren't going to vote for it. But I got so much froth from Democrats saying that any vote like that was going to screw up fundraising.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/11/8/222550/498

Yes, that's right. The Dems, once the "stalwart" representatives of the working people fighting for their interests against the corporate interests represented by the Republican party have given in to the rich because they don't want to "screw up fundraising." The two parties are now one, fighting for the same corporate dollars and against the interests of the American people.

Jim Webb's quote speaks volumes. I can only hope it will be used by a second party that will hopefully emerge soon because if not, we are truly screwed.