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In reply to the discussion: How can we get a progressive presidential candidate at the top of Democratic ticket in 2016? [View all]TheTruthBeKnown
(72 posts)Obama is surrounded by corporate parasites. And when progressives who were in his administration were targeted by Faux Obama threw them all under the bus. As an Obama delegate in 2008 I'm disgusted by the abandonment of all his campaign promises. Instead of serving the people he is serving his corporate masters. I know, readers if this will say what about DOMA and other issues. All progressive ideas that slipped thru would have done so regardless of what democrat was in the White House.
We need a person with guts, not a professorial person who has never been an advocate for others. And we need a person who isn't for sale but sadly our political process makes it virtually impossible for an honest, competent person to get elected.
Unless we get the money out of elections and government the US will continue to decline to the point where it's a serfdom.
Sadly, people won't vote for honest, poor candidates. They are conditioned out of fear to continue to vote for either a republican or a democrat.