Reply #233: i see now [View All]

[omega minimo]

"Unfortunately the current election system is such that ALL the serious contenders, i.e., those that have a snowball's chance in hell of making it to the show, again ALL of them take $$$ from corporations."

Yes. That's part of the problem isn't it, including the question mark around how authentic this next election cycle will be?

I don't know if Edwards or anyone at all will step forward as The Populist. So the labels may be randomly floating out there, waiting for someone or no one to take the roles that will decide the future of this nation.

We are continuing down the path that Thom Hartmann calls "Reaganism." What does it mean that many on DU think this mess started "six years ago"? Will a candidate with associations with the Clinton administration explain to the public why the solidification of globalization and corporate consolidation that occurred during Clinton's terms are not part of the same Trickle Down train wreck that RR fashioned for the U.S.?

"My concern remains the "what if" scenario and whether or not DU is trending toward cutting off its nose to spite its face."

I wonder what could help avoid that? The election periods are notorious around here.

And we still as a group and as a Party need to know how dependable the election results will be before we start tearing each OTHER'S noses off during campaigns :spray:

Americans have never come to terms with the past two elections that inflicted Bushco on us. Assuming that we can depend on the 2008 outcome is wishful thinking. Maybe if we took that seriously enough, it could build combined efforts beyond allegiance to candidate.

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