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In reply to the discussion: Stop!!! You must vote for the Lady from Goldman Sachs! [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)3. K&R Yep, that's certainly the "lesser of two evils" scam
that corporatists in both parties keep using on us.
Red vs. Blue = Oligarchy Theater for the masses.
Mass spying on Americans? Both parties support it.
Handing the internet to corporations? Both parties support it.
Austerity for the masses? Both parties support it.
Cutting social safety nets? Both parties support it.
Corporatists in the cabinet? Both parties support it.
Tolling our interstate highways? Both parties support it.
Corporate education policy? Both parties support it.
Bank bailouts? Both parties support it.
Ignoring the trillions stashed overseas? Both parties support it.
Trans-Pacific Job/Wage Killing Secret Agreement? Both parties support it.
TISA corporate overlord agreement? Both parties support it.
Drilling and fracking? Both parties support it.
Wars on medical marijuana instead of corrupt banks? Both parties support it.
Deregulation of the food industry? Both parties support it.
GMO's? Both parties support it.
Privatization of the TVA? Both parties support it.
Immunity for telecoms? Both parties support it.
"Looking forward" and letting war criminals off the hook? Both parties support it.
Deciding torturers are patriots? Both parties support it.
Militarized police and assaults on protesters? Both parties support it.
Indefinite detention? Both parties support it.
Drone wars and kill lists? Both parties support it.
Targeting of journalists and whistleblowers? Both parties support it.
Private prisons replacing public prisons? Both parties support it.
Unions? Both parties view them with contempt.
Trillion dollar increase in nuclear weapons. Both parties support it.
New war in Iraq. Both parties support it.
New war in Syria. Both parties support it.
Carpet bombing of captive population in Gaza. Both parties support it.
Selling off swaths of the Gulf of Mexico for drilling? Both parties support it.
Drilling along the Atlantic Coast? Both parties support it.
BUT, we are reminded by sneering corporate Democrats, Republicans will do all of this to us, too, PLUS inflict transvaginal ultrasounds!
What a vicious scam by both parties to justify relentless, predatory evil. To demand that we vote for our own sellout and exploitation and the dismantling of our democracy itself.
You know what I've decided? At a certain point it becomes necessary to say no to deliberate evil. To refuse to bow to the scam and the manipulation and refuse to endorse evil, period. *Even* when it is waving its claws and protesting that there's even scarier evil over there.
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insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
TimeToEvolve
Feb 2015
#31
And there are no true Scotsmen...yes, she is a democrat. We MUST face that
HereSince1628
Feb 2015
#24
No doubt the DLC was elitist and 3rd Way is just rebranding that movement.
HereSince1628
Feb 2015
#44
Pro war, pro Wall Street, pro TPP, pro Keystone XL, pro H-1B visas, member of "The Family".
Scuba
Feb 2015
#48
Are you lacking in knowledge of Hillary's record or is determined from listening to
Thinkingabout
Feb 2015
#32
What power you have: the ability to solely decide who is and isn't a Democrat.....
brooklynite
Feb 2015
#38
No, there are several of your seemingly less salonish that also seem to have such authority
TheKentuckian
Feb 2015
#141
no. bullshit naderite neghead divisive assholes catch shit from actual liberal democrats
arely staircase
Feb 2015
#120
I'M NEVER EVER going to vote for Obama!!!!! Remember that? FUD is strong here
uponit7771
Feb 2015
#124
no, vote for whoever the fu*k you want, but anyone who doesn't vote for the Democratic nominee or
still_one
Feb 2015
#30
The election fraud would not have been possible if it hadn't been so close in key states
still_one
Feb 2015
#72
Because every stinking time they name their preferred candidate ... Elizabeth Warren ...
1StrongBlackMan
Feb 2015
#88
Yeah, but... making up reality is so fun and.. and they actually don't have to think
uponit7771
Feb 2015
#125
It is my hope that Party leadership sees the negative attitude vis-a-vis Hillary as nominee
Maedhros
Feb 2015
#136
So you're saying that no matter what kind of groundswell we might create on social media
Maedhros
Feb 2015
#145
I'm not exactly one of Hillary's biggest fans, but she's better than ANY Republican, for damn sure.
AverageJoe90
Feb 2015
#81
... cause life is 99.9% clear cut choices?... no.. come on people ... the "suck less" happens cause
uponit7771
Feb 2015
#126
Pro choice, pro gay rights, pro progressive taxation, pro Social Security...
brooklynite
Feb 2015
#102
"With us or against us!" My experience: it is not the Hillary supporters espousing this.
Buzz Clik
Feb 2015
#106
You're going to lose this argument. Primarily because it is thoughtless and stupid
alcibiades_mystery
Feb 2015
#109
Make sure to let us all know when you find a candidate who passes your ideological purity test!
6000eliot
Feb 2015
#130
Pro choice, pro gay rights, pro progressive taxation, pro ACA, pro stable social security...
brooklynite
Feb 2015
#143