This May Be The Greatest Letter Any Elected Republican Has Ever Written

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68. I posted this to an Elizabeth Warren thread.

I think that the letter by representative Cox (r) gives more merit to my original post...




85. We ALL KNOW "this game is rigged."





I love that Ms. Warren points this out every chance she gets. She is a Populist Progressive (that is the image that, thankfully, she is projecting). We have been burned too many times by candidates projecting this image until they get elected, this has not been the case with Elizabeth Warren, thank you so much.

I wish that the few, true Progressives (like E.W.) would go a few steps further. Ideally, I would like for them to challenge their own party and the corporate agenda the DLC is promoting through their actions.

My hope is that by doing so, these Real Progressive politicians could, a) change the direction of the democratic party, or b) create a splinter group that operates closer to the real Democratic party as represented by FDR. A "people first" party.

America has a majority of citizens (both d&r) who are fed-up with the corporate takeover of our political system. Both the Eisenhower republicans (there are many) and the FDR Democrats. These groups have a lot in common.

They both want a country that is not controlled by corporations, both want a strong infrastructure and to live in a country that is not a pariah to the world, rather a country where the original American dream is attainable by all and torture, spying on innocents, state-sanctioned murder, etc.. is something that America would never tolerate.

Pre-Reagan, these values were universally accepted as being American values and both parties were damned proud of it.

We have been corrupted beyond measure by the oligarchs, the greedy and corporate, "me-first" thinking that our recent forefathers would have never tolerated. We now find ourselves in a country whose infrastructure is dangerous and obsolete and where the neediest among us are neglected.

Real Americans, the majority, both d&r are sickened by what we have become.

I believe that NOW can be a transformative time in America and I pray that our Progressive leaders have the same vision.
IF we ALL speak up, not at election time but all the time, we the vast majority of Americans can realize that we share a powerful common vision. A vision of a peace loving nation, where people are the focus and innovation in rebuilding our infrastructure is one of our shared goals. A nation where by nullifying "free trade" agreements, we can reach "fair trade" agreements that benefit individuals.

We are always going to have differences of opinions especially when people believe their morals are better, etc.. but we must realize that morals are not to be legislated, freedoms are.

We CAN make this a reality IF our elected leaders are held responsible and our citizens are clear that by working together as individuals united in a just society, we can "agree to disagree" on the small stuff but when it comes to being fair, just and us controlling corporations rather than them controlling us we are UNITED.

A real leader who follows through on those principals must be able to be elected on a "grassroots" level, if not America, as we want
it (and at one time were headed there) ceases to exist.