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In reply to the discussion: "Both parties are the same." [View all]davidn3600
(6,342 posts)23. In a few ways they are very much the same...
-They both love war (Democrats pretend not to whenever convenient)
-They both love the NSA spying on us.
-They are both capitalist that are bought and paid for by the richest banks and corporations.
They are different on social issues. But economic and foreign policy they are very much the same. Which is why nothing ever seems to change on those two fronts no matter who's elected. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. And that trend will continue no matter who wins the White House in 2016.
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It is a narrowly cast message for the DUers who have their black tennies laced too tight
Kolesar
Mar 2014
#1
There's nothing quite like wearing blinders and repeating the, "they're both the same" mantra...
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#8
+1. The closest to energy efficiency some will ever get. And then they miss the big picture. n/t
freshwest
Mar 2014
#49
Nailed it! Sad, isn't it. Listened nightly to Rather and others - when reporters were more working
freshwest
Mar 2014
#59
When so-called Journalists say it they are Drop Dead Lazy & Incompetent. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2014
#11
But let us not pretend that both parties being different implies one party is liberal.
Cheese4TheRat
Mar 2014
#13
Absolutely. And these days, voting is not enough. For some it may be all they can do, but for
okaawhatever
Mar 2014
#15
I've NEVER missed a national vote since I first voted in 1976 for James Earl Carter (great man).
AAO
Mar 2014
#18
There are a number of areas in which the Democratic party could improve.
Behind the Aegis
Mar 2014
#36