There's something happening to the Democratic Party...

[dreamnightwind]

61. I don't see it

Last edited Thu Sep 6, 2012, 06:51 PM - Edit history (1)

Wish I did.

Clinton's speech kept talking about working with the other side, and how he did it. We as a nation are still paying dearly for the legislation that resulted from Clinton working with the other side. I expect to be saying the same thing about compromises Obama makes with them.

The only speaker who has reached me at all in this convention is Elizabeth Warren, who seems more like an outlier.

I see absolutely no interest from the party in confronting the abuses of corporate power, in making Wall St. accountable, in defunding the insanely bloated "defense" and "security" spending, in ending the failed drug wars, returning incarceration rates to something that would actually indicate a freedom loving country, in stopping the surveillance of our citizens, in establishing fair trade policies, re-establishing our manufacturing base, ending remote control killing by drones, it goes on and on and there is basically nothing. Climate change? Climate change requires massive redirection of society's efforts and resources, or else, yet there is little or no acknowledgement of this. Stopping the foreclosure crisis? What's that?

It's like a version of the Republican Party that is more friendly to gay, women's and minority issues while ignoring the ravenous beast that is destroying our lives and the planet. This stuff really, really matters, there's no overstating it, and our party bosses are not interested, or actively working for the other side of these issues.

edited to add: So, I think what people are excited about here is just our (Dems) side of the divide and conquer strategy that diverts people's anger into directions that are safe for the financial interests of the oligarchs. And they don't care about any of us beyond whether we help their bottom lines or not.