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In reply to the discussion: Democrats Lost More Than an Election in 2014 [View all]jtuck004
(15,882 posts)lost jobs, homes, or lives, while this administration helped banksters trumpet profits at heights they have never seen before. It wasn't because they picked the wrong candidate, or because one pulled out a gun.
Democrats lost because...
"when she asked what Clinton thought of President deciding to continue deportations leading up to the elections, her response was most telling. Without looking at the young woman concerned for her loved ones, the presidential candidate said, "I think we have to elect more Democrats.""
...they cared more about Democrats than they did about the people.
The plan is in writing, for anyone who cares to look. If you wanted a preview, you just had to watch Jon Stewart here, wherein he discusses with the author, someone whose actions led to untold tragedy, and sometimes death, for us and our neighbors.
Watch when Stewart says "The perception is that the administration went to hell and back for the banks and not for the people". Timothy "Killer" Geithner immediately starts with the spin, trying to justify his actions.
The audience, of mostly Democratic leaning voters, laughed at his lying face, knowing the kind of pain this plan visited, and is still visiting, on the people of this country.
And they were still laughing when the voting booths opened,
Good book, here. -> "Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts"
by Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson
From that page...
"Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really believe the stories we tell? "
Just my opinion, though, ymmv