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Time for change

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13. It's so hard to tell

Reply to rhett o rick (Reply #8)

Sun Jul 1, 2012, 05:53 PM

Jul 2012

Two things come to mind:

1) After fighting so hard and running into so many obstacles, maybe he's a little burnt out.

2) I believe an atmosphere of fear pervades the Democratic Party. The American oligarchy has so many financial resources, not to mention our national communications media, that it's hard to fight them. And they are very intimidating (see chapter 4 of my book). It seems that if you want a national political career these days you need to make some concessions to the American oligarchy and their lackeys in the Republican Party.

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Excellent post - I'm looking forward to the book IDemo Jul 2012 #14

Thank you -- I will confirm that Time for change Jul 2012 #15