Enough of the D.C. Dems

[SHRED]

A bit dated but this article rings through loud and clear to me.

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Enough of the D.C. Dems
By Molly Ivins

March 2006 Issue

Mah fellow progressives, now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of the party. I don’t know about you, but I have had it with the D.C. Democrats, had it with the DLC Democrats, had it with every calculating, equivocating, triangulating, straddling, hair-splitting son of a bitch up there, and that includes Hillary Rodham Clinton.

I will not be supporting Senator Clinton because: a) she has no clear stand on the war and b) Terri Schiavo and flag-burning are not issues where you reach out to the other side and try to split the difference. You want to talk about lowering abortion rates through cooperation on sex education and contraception, fine, but don’t jack with stuff that is pure rightwing firewater.

I can’t see a damn soul in D.C. except Russ Feingold who is even worth considering for President. The rest of them seem to me so poisonously in hock to this system of legalized bribery they can’t even see straight.

Look at their reaction to this Abramoff scandal. They’re talking about “a lobby reform package.” We don’t need a lobby reform package, you dimwits, we need full public financing of campaigns, and every single one of you who spends half your time whoring after special interest contributions knows it. The Abramoff scandal is a once in a lifetime gift—a perfect lesson on what’s wrong with the system being laid out for people to see. Run with it, don’t mess around with little patches, and fix the system.

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http://progressive.org/mag_ivins0306

[Vincardog]

1. we need full public financing of campaigns

[Warpy]

2. Couldn't have said it better myself

although everybody here knows I've tried.

The old boys in Congress are all terrified of anything new, like public campaign financing. They're addicted to corporate cash and they spend the bulk of their working days chasing it.

It's why I'm voting contrarian this time. I'm not voting for incumbents. I've heard the same sentiment from my neighbors and on the street from random snatches of overheard conversations.

People are angry out here in flyover country. They're disgusted with a government against the people, by and for the corporations.