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In reply to the discussion: Senator Orrin Hatch Drops a Bombshell at Jack Lew’s Confirmation Hearing [View all]fasttense
(17,301 posts)is to keep a lid on unrest and appease the angry mobs just enough to keep them from taking back democracy.
RepubliCONS only goal is to funnel our national treasures and power to corporate elites. Democrats have the added burden of having to SAY the right things so that the rumbling masses do not riot or get out of control.
That is why Gore did not call the people out in the streets when the Dancing Supremes stole the election for the bushes. Gore had done his job. It was to prevent massive protests. That is why Obama says very liberal things but does very RepubliCON things. Oh yes he throws a few bones to the masses like getting rid of DADT or pausing a suicidal oil pipeline. But he has to do those thing in order to get the rumbling masses to calm down just a little. His real goal is to ensure the neo-fascist state continues to harvest America's middle class.
That is why the corporate oligarch allows, every now and then, a Democratic political success.