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"Both parties are the same." [View all] sheshe2 Mar 2014 OP
It is a narrowly cast message for the DUers who have their black tennies laced too tight Kolesar Mar 2014 #1
DU rec... SidDithers Mar 2014 #2
Thanks Sid! sheshe2 Mar 2014 #14
Yes, it does save people a lot of pesky Cha Mar 2014 #3
Thank you for the list of blocked bills. sheshe2 Mar 2014 #5
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
Indeed! nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #51
+1 Historic NY Mar 2014 #52
Another DU rec! BlueCaliDem Mar 2014 #4
A pinch or a pound, BlueCali. sheshe2 Mar 2014 #7
Nailed it! Sad, isn't it. Listened nightly to Rather and others - when reporters were more working freshwest Mar 2014 #59
Thank you! AND this is exactly what I've heard right wingers say to me Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #6
It is bull, Sarah. sheshe2 Mar 2014 #9
Yup! Voting is #1. Getting out all the vote. nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #17
K&R baldguy Mar 2014 #10
What you said. IrishAyes Mar 2014 #19
+100,000... nt Andy823 Mar 2014 #47
With you guys. n/t freshwest Mar 2014 #50
... sheshe2 Mar 2014 #56
When so-called Journalists say it they are Drop Dead Lazy & Incompetent. nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2014 #11
Great post with an important message. marble falls Mar 2014 #12
But let us not pretend that both parties being different implies one party is liberal. Cheese4TheRat Mar 2014 #13
Really... sheshe2 Mar 2014 #16
You go, girl! Tell it! IrishAyes Mar 2014 #20
LOL! sheshe2 Mar 2014 #22
Ignoring for the moment that I made NO MENTION of President Obama, Cheese4TheRat Mar 2014 #29
some people might have wanted hfojvt Mar 2014 #34
Yes, lovely, but... sibelian Mar 2014 #40
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
I logged on just to reply to this Peacetrain Mar 2014 #21
Thank you Peacetrain! sheshe2 Mar 2014 #26
Exactly Andy823 Mar 2014 #48
In a few ways they are very much the same... davidn3600 Mar 2014 #23
They both love war? sheshe2 Mar 2014 #27
He wanted to bomb the crap out of Syria but Russia wouldnt let him davidn3600 Mar 2014 #33
Because "Good cop, good cop" is very effective. jeff47 Mar 2014 #58
Yes I'm voting as if our lives depend on it. airplaneman Mar 2014 #24
Another one that drives me nuts Jamaal510 Mar 2014 #25
I would kick your post if I could. sheshe2 Mar 2014 #28
Maybe I'll make it Jamaal510 Mar 2014 #30
You should! sheshe2 Mar 2014 #32
They are not the same. Bonobo Mar 2014 #31
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2014 #35
There are a number of areas in which the Democratic party could improve. Behind the Aegis Mar 2014 #36
Thank you BtA. sheshe2 Mar 2014 #57
They're definitely not the same. HughBeaumont Mar 2014 #37
"Both parties are the same!" shouts the RW wacko TexasProgresive Mar 2014 #38
I hear it more from the left wing. aikoaiko Mar 2014 #39
KnR, kids. Hekate Mar 2014 #41
K & R. n/t FSogol Mar 2014 #42
Both parties are the same is a Republican message! B Calm Mar 2014 #43
Sooooooooooooo true. ucrdem Mar 2014 #44
They are more alike than different as to economic issues. That's the key. nt Romulox Mar 2014 #45
They are very different, but there are some depressing similarities: Vattel Mar 2014 #46
+100 G_j Mar 2014 #53
Both compete for the love of the 1% more than the 99%. harun Mar 2014 #60
Living in the reddest of red states, stage left Mar 2014 #54
Sorry I can only rec this once! 11 Bravo Mar 2014 #55
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