Democrat's Apathy For Unions Is Suicide

[Maedhros]

82. I do understand what he's getting at.

At the time of it's inception, the Tea Party shared some values with the Progressive Left. Both groups realized that our elected leaders were not representing our interests, and in the beginning the Tea Party was making some sense. Of course, it was rapidly co-opted and molded into a rabid attack dog for reactionary policies.

I thought at the time that if disaffected conservative (not reactionary) and progressive voters, each shunned by their Party, could find common ground (e.g. civil liberties, ending reckless wars, etc.) then perhaps something good could come from it. That is the essence of Nader's recent book - stop the tribal name-calling long enough to realize that we're all on the outside looking in when it comes to the ultra-wealthy and their lock on governance.