Reply #56: The same thing that has been wrong with them for the past thirty years [View All]

And longer. They are in the same bed as the Republicans, and both are controlled by the same corporate masters. It is simply becoming increasingly obvious to more and more people that we are living under the two party/same corporate master system of government.

Neither major party cares about the ordinary person anymore. Sure, they pay lip service and mouth pious platitudes about how they are working for the ordinary American, but when push comes to shove(and often times before), politicians of both stripes will put the interests of big business before the interests of anyone else. Granted, there are a few exceptions to this, like Kucinich and Wellstone, but they are a rare breed, and getting scarcer by the day.

Corporate money trumps constiuents' interest every time, which is why we need to disassociate ourselves from this vicious circle we're in. Instead of feeding the beast by donating, working for, and voting for either major party, we need to either form our own party, or better yet, go join the Greens. Their values and platform are a match for ninety percent of what virtually any Democrat cares about, and they are working for publicly financed election campaigns(which this country desparetly needs) and they take no corporate cash, meaning that they are beholden to nobody else, just their constituents.

There is a definition of insanity that I think applies here, ie insanity is when you keep doing the same thing over and over, yet expect a different result every time. We as Democrats have been engaged in a massive act of insanity for the past thirty years, voting for the Dem canidates over and over, and expecting our voice to be truly heeded. Instead we're increasingly locked out, shunted aside, our voice ever more muted. It is high time that we stopped the insanity friends, and go put our voice, muscle, effort and vote where it is most appreciated. Let the Democratic party collapse under the weight of it's own corruption.