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[baldguy]

248. "Should be" is a wish. "Should be" is a dream. "Should be" is a fantesy.

Everyone "should be" getting unicorns & rainbows with ice cream for breakfast every morning. But that's not what happens in the real world. Why don't you get that?

All public servants should be accountable to the people. But what happens in the real world is that the RW creates propaganda (which is never used against Republicans by the RW media) to instill in the people that "all politicians are the same". That any attempt to work toward a free & equal society is "socialism". That the very leaders ACTUALLY trying to BE accountable to the people (Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Harry Ried, Nancy Pelosi, etc, etc) are "corporate shills".

And you see that propaganda and believe that it's an accurate reflection of reality.

This propaganda disillusions the liberal majority (as it is intended to), so they don't participate in the electoral process (which is the objective). Which in turn causes the best candidates to lose and the worst candidates - who may be conservative Republicans, but often are just corrupt or ineffectual - to win. Which further reinforces the disillusionment in the majority of the people, and gives us candidates like Martha Coakley - because everyone thought Kennedy's seat was "safe" - and elected officials like Arnold Schwarzenegger - who was literally in the pocket of the corporations who created the crisis which brought down his predecessor.

I'm not giving a pass to Democrats. I'm giving them a chance. Why can't you?