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37. "Pointing out shortcomings" is always useful, agreed

However, statements like "The party has no interest in waging a struggle for racial equality, and it never has" are so over the top, that they leave no room for ANY effort ever made by Democrats to improve the lot of any Black folks in the country. The statement is patently untrue, and is a continuation of the "there is no difference between the parties" meme of Ralph Nader in 2000. Ask Sanders, Clinton or O'Malley what they would be looking for in their next Supreme Court nominees. Then ask the same question of Bush, Walker, Rubio or any of the other nut cases on the Republican side. Who do you want ruling on sensitive Civil Rights cases for the next 8 years? Don't care? No difference? Looking to buy oceanfront property in Wyoming while you're at it?

There is a great difference between the parties, no matter which of the current Democratic presidential candidates you might hate, even if it's all of them. Look which of the current Supreme Court Justices tried to preserve all aspects of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and which ones voted to remove some of parts most protective of minority voting rights. Look which ones were nominated by Republicans and which were nominated by Democrats. THEN tell me "The party has no interest in waging a struggle for racial equality, and it never has." The article contains its own fatal poison pill right there.