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In reply to the discussion: Assange/Wikileaks talk about who they admire…wait for it…& the answer is Ron/Rand Paul & Matt Drudge [View all]KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)the Democratic Party to save it.
Greenwald(Assange's useful idiot):
even though I know that by abstaining or supporting a third party, Im going to be sacrificing some of my short term political interests; Im going to be causing a few more Republicans to be elected than otherwise might be elected; on balance, Im willing to sacrifice my short term interests in order to do something to subvert the stranglehold that these two parties have on the political process because electing more Democrats, even though its a little less scary, accomplishes nothing good. And everyones going to have to decide for themselves when they get to that point, and I think and hope that that point is pretty close. And if Obama does move to the center as the consensus is telling him that he should and starts doing things like cutting Social Security, which theyre revving up to do if they can get consensus on, in a very short period of time, I think youre gonna see lots and lots of progressives and Democrats even people who hated the Naderites for abandoning the party, start to entertain those options, and a lot sooner rather than later. And I hope thats the case.