Let's let our senators know that we want them to get tough with the Republicans -- for a change!

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16. Cal33, there IS a vast right-wing conspiracy to destroy

progressive government. When people are discontented or worried, they tend to become MORE CONSERVATIVE. This phenomenon is extremely well known to and used by conservative leaders, who have worked hard during the Obama years to keep people unhappy by both blocking Democratic efforts to improve their condition and allay their worries AND by feeding them lies about how bad everything is--but especially us.

The VA for instance. Like anything man is involved in these days it has problems, but the VA has always performed better than all other healthcare delivery systems--and 97% (!) of its budget goes to patient care. The VA is a national treasure that needs nothing more than some tuning up to run even better. Therefore, those intent on privatizing/profiteering it (so that our vets' health problems can be exploited to produce vast fortunes) have to sell lies that the VA is inefficient and corrupt and serves vets badly. This is, of course, is said to be the Democrats' fault because WE are corrupt and incompetent and because inevitably all "big government" programs are doomed to fail--according to those who trying to kill support for them.

Just one of thousands of examples of why people are leaving political parties "in droves." Those the conspiracists can't fool entirely, they confuse. When people are confused and frustrated about who's doing what, they reject both. They don't America has one good, decent, functioning party still committed to the principles of government of, by and for the people.