The frustration is so widespread: this is one man's opinion

[txlibdem]

We just need to get rid of the dead wood and elect candidates who are not beholden only to the top 1%. Goodbye Congressional tea fools, GOP zombies, and corporate "democrats" and DINOS.

There will be MASSIVE change in the makeup of congress and the Presidency in November 2012. We have short memories but not THAT short.

Unfortunately for the Corporate Democrats, there are many more of them up for re-election. I bid you an un-fond farewell corporate lackies. I look forward to electing a true Democrat to take over your chair.

[CanonRay]

1. We need to primary challenge every single Blue Dog

and DINO

[Glorfindel]

2. From your mouth to God's ears: May it be so.

Recommend.

[justiceischeap]

3. Getting rid of all the above won't do any real good

sure, it's a start but without reform, no matter who gets elected the corruption is still widespread and those that are open to hopping on corruptions' coattails. We need to find a way to get Corporations, lobbyists, etc. out of politics. Until that happens, politicians beholden to large moneyed donors, special interests will wreak havoc with the system.

[Andy823]

4. I agree

As long as the money is available, as long as members of congress take that money, and as long as congress refuses to change the swinging door from politics to lobbying, things won't change that much! Getting the MONEY out of politics needs to be the number one goal.

[Ship of Fools]

6. Go to getmoneyout.com & sign! It's a start.

[txlibdem]

7. That's the only way we'll ever get any reform

Not only getting a few of the right people into congress but it also sends a message to the remaining lot of DINOs: you're next on the voters' chopping block so you better start working FOR us and not against us.

Ben Nelson, Max Bachus, etc., the end of your days in congress are just one election away.

"Feingold to Netroots Nation: Call Out Corporate Democrats
John Nichols on June 17, 2011 - 12:55am ET

If it is wrong for Republicans to fuel their campaigns with corporate cash, then it is wrong for Democrats to do so."

Yes, he argued, Barack Obama should be reelected in 2012. Yes, he hopes that Democrats make a comeback after the devastating 2010 election cycle that cost him his Senate seat and cost his party control of the US House and governorships across the country.

But, he warned, a victory-at-any-cost approach will cost the party the credibility it needs to attract Americans who are disgusted by political corruption—and yield little in the way of progress."

http://www.thenation.com/blog/161507/feingold-netroots-nation-call-out-corporate-democrats

[Pacifist Patriot]

5. Unfortunately it's not just a matter of the individual, but the system.

We need to make a system that doesn't facilitate politicians becoming corporate lackeys.

[txlibdem]

8. Agreed, maybe this might do it

I want to take all private money out of politics, let our taxes pay for 4 debates to be held from 60 days before the election up until 1 week before election day (no campaigning for that last week before the election). No outside groups may have ads or anything: only the candidate's words during the debates.

And, like in the UK, if a politician is caught lying in order to win then he or she is automatically removed from office and barred from holding any other office for 3 years.

This BS of needing a billion dollars to keep the Presidency (a job that pays less than 200k) has to stop.

[Arugula Latte]

9. Our system is too corrupt to allow campaign finance reform, so it grows more corrupt,

and the chance to get campaign finance reform ebbs farther and farther away.

It's a vicious cycle.

How do we break it?

That is the question.

[txlibdem]

10. See post #8

I don't think it's going to be hard to get that done at all. The hard part is making sure each and every congress critter knows that their future job depends on working for us, getting the money 100% out of politics as I describe in post #8. And we have to hold them accountable on election day.

[steelmania75]

11. hopefully the occupiers will keep the ball rolling all the way up to the election.

[Citizen Worker]

12. It's not just the Blue Dogs. It's also the DLC, Third Way and No Labels pukes. Until they're

purged it will be wash, rinse, repeat.

[txlibdem]

13. Agreed: DLC, Third Way, New Democrat, Blue Dog. All code for Corporate Lacky.

And they need to be weeded out of "our" Party.

Bill Clinton: "The era of big government is over."
Ronald Reagan: "Government is not the answer. Government is the problem."
Barack Obama: "We need the big banks. Here, let me give you a few TRILLION DOLLARS in unaccounted, unlimited loans at almost zero interest!"

I see very little difference in those first two statements, and the third makes me want to throw up; especially when I knew from day one (of the big bank bailout) that the real fix was to nationalize the banks and make HOMEOWNERS* solvent, not throw money down a bottomless pit of GREED and CORRUPTION.

But you get lots more campaign cash when you give away the national coffers to the big banks...



*I mean people trying to keep their home, not speculators or investors or vacation homes. Just so we're clear.

[Ganja Ninja]

14. Good luck finding a true Democrat in the Democratic party.

In the last election the Democrat running in my district was an ex-Republican. The Florida Democratic party is DLC all the way and they frown on running liberals.

[txlibdem]

15. I wish it weren't so but that's the story all over the country today

DLC - Does Love Corporations
New Democrat - newly annointed as a millionaire
Third Way - we screw the tax payers 3 different ways!