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But I doubt that the Democratic party's corporate masters are going to let their "leftist" lap dogs do anything close to what you call for. Kerry's plan for health coverage for children is a pale shadow of what is needed, and wanted by the majority of Americans, and that is universal health care. The Democratic party has had ample opportunities over the past thirty years to bring about greener technologies, reduce energy costs, and end our oil dependence, yet the only thing that they pushed through is Carter's alternative energy tax breaks, and tax credits for homeowner's making their houses energy efficient. And these meager initiatives were repealed when Reagan came into power, with help from the compliant Dems in Congress.
Clinton had the opportunity to tackle these issues, along with a popular mandate to do so, yet he squandered that political capital on initiatives that were more style over substance, shadows of the programs needed, and were eventually so bogged down in minutia that they died a quiet death(think Hillary care).
What is needed in this country is a party that truly represents the people and their needs. Neither the Democrats or Republicans can provide this type of representation since they have become entirely beholden to the interests of corporations, the have and have mores in our society. Therefore it is time that we looked outside the corporate controlled politics of yesterday, and rally behind the only major leftist party that doesn't take corporate cash, who listens and acts on the wishes of its true constituents, we the people. That party is the Greens, and quite frankly I think that they are the last hope for our country. Traditional politics have proven to be morally bankrupt and ethically unsustainable, therefore we have to look outside the normal two party system for real solutions.
One defintion of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result everytime. By our continued participation in traditional two party politics, we are engaging in a collective form of insanity. It is time for us to regain our sanity, and in the process, regain our government and country.
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