It's important to remember that the corporate media very much promotes the meme that there is no real choice between the parties. They do this because it demoralizes and weakens the left. The media wants you to think you have no party. They want you in a state of apathy and despair.
The media news can create this impression largely by not reporting on anything the Democrats have done. If people don't know what the Democrats have done, of course they'll think the Democrats are useless. This is just another reason you should avoid the American news media like the plague. It is not news. It is propaganda designed to bum you out.
But things are not really that bad. Here are some signs the Democrats are not quite as medieval as the Repubs:
There are countless investigations going on. Healthcare is on the table. The internet is safe for now. Our wounded vets are no longer lying around in their own urine. The Senate Ethics Committee is back in action. Many 9/11 Commission recommendations are being passed. A bill to increase financial aid for colleges has passed--the single largest increase in college aid since the GI bill. The President's signing statements are being investigated. Legislation to restore habeus corpus has been approved. The Senate Armed Services Committee has passed legislation "that would grant new rights to terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay. The unions have a voice in the government now—as do gays, women, and minorities. The environment has a fighting chance. The House passed the Taxpayer Protection Act, to protect taxpayers against "identity theft, deceptive Web sites and loan sharks." It also makes it "easier for taxpayers to retrieve property lost as a result of a wrongful Internal Revenue Service levy and directs the IRS to notify lower-income people that they qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit." The House approved a bill spending $1.7 billion over five years for cleaner water. There's a new House committee devoted solely to addressing the issue of global warming. And so on.
The Democrats in Congress showed the highest Democratic unity score in 51 years and backed the majority position of their caucus 91 percent of the time.
"President Bush's success rating in the Democratic-controlled House has fallen this year to a half-century low, and he prevailed on only 14 percent of the 76 roll call votes on which he took a clear position.
"So far this year, Democrats have backed the majority position of their caucus 91 percent of the time on average on such votes. That marks the highest Democratic unity score in 51 years."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1728952&mesg_id=1728952http://public.cq.com/docs/cqt/news110-000002576765.htmlDon't let the media rhetoric fool you. The Democrats have acquitted themselves quite well--especially given their bare majority in both houses, and a relentlessly obstructionist Republican minority.
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