2006 exit polls:CORRUPTION was voters' #1 concern. Was the Dem response to that info the right one?

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The leaders, no doubt responding to the powerful Dem establishment in DC, took impeachment off the table.

They refused to listen to the voices of TRUTH, REASON and ACCOUNTABILITY.

Many here blame the dumbed down American people for doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. What about the Dem leaders who adhere to the SAME DC Establishment demands over and over again?

Those who don't LEARN from history are doomed to repeat it.

(Parry allows his articles to be posted in full.)
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/051006.html

Hey, Democrats, the Truth Matters!
By Robert Parry
May 11, 2006

My book, Secrecy & Privilege, opens with a scene in spring 1994 when a guest at a White House social event asks Bill Clinton why his administration didn’t pursue unresolved scandals from the Reagan-Bush era, such as the Iraqgate secret support for Saddam Hussein’s government and clandestine arms shipments to Iran.

Clinton responds to the questions from the guest, documentary filmmaker Stuart Sender, by saying, in effect, that those historical questions had to take a back seat to Clinton’s domestic agenda and his desire for greater bipartisanship with the Republicans.

Clinton “didn’t feel that it was a good idea to pursue these investigations because he was going to have to work with these people,” Sender told me in an interview. “He was going to try to work with these guys, compromise, build working relationships.”

[WillParkinson]

1. Corruption was a main concern?

Yet they re-elected Republicans who were steeped in scandals.

I'm sorry, the American public is, by and large, completely clueless.

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2. They were right in 2006 and the Democrats in power did NOT agree with them that corruption

in government should be scrutinized, exposed and held accountable.

Dems HAD the opportunity for nearly 4 years to REVEAL the depth of Republican corruption and passed.

They are greatly responsible for that clueless electorate c2010.

[fascisthunter]

3. how many see this and decide to not vote?

people really really need to read and listen. If you as a party want GOOD folks with brains to vote for you, you better do what's right and not use politics as an excuse. People see that shit and lose hope... and I am not talking about people on this web site, but people in general. I can't tell you how many times I have heard appathy from would be voters, who felt they had no real choice, and that it was always about voting for the lesser of two evils.

By not going after criminal activity, they support the right wing lies that they did nothing illegal or wrong.

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5. If voters WITNESSED the Democrats rooting out the corruption and sharing the facts discovered with

with the citizenry, this would be an entirely different country.

Face it Dems - it's the behind the scenes Dem power (some famous names, some anonymous) that betray us, our issues, our party, and our country.

[fascisthunter]

7. oh... I am in agreement

but saying so may make me a "gop psyop"

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8. Well, I think Obama has been stuck with the Dem powers that be since day one. I hope he reconsiders

their usefulness and turns to those voices who TRULY want the nation moved forward for the American people and its future.

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11. Yes. nt

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18. ;)

thanks for being consistent, g

[denem]

4. Gee. You used to say electorate voted to impeach Bush

for war crimes.

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6. I've always been about corruption. Never went on about war crimes, but, war crimes are the result

of Republican admninistrations never being held accountable.

Is there a point to your reply that you'd like to make clearer?

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9. The Democratic party has not taken the lead on fighting corruption.

They did that at their own risk.

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10. If Dems HAD scrutinized and exposed GOP corruption then, economic disaster could've been deterred

or confronted more easily with quicker results.

[The Backlash Cometh]

12. We would have won big in this last election, too,

since it would have been a message that would have seeped into the conscience of the voters and shameful incidents like Rick Scott wouldn't have happened.

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13. It would have laid bare the cravenness of the GOPs collusion with those who stripped this nation

of its wealth, its stated mission of anti-imperialism, and its integrity.

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14. I don't think the people we elect to power actually hold it.

The pre-emptive appeasement tells the true story, IMO.

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16. "Pre-emptive appeasement' is exactly right - and these 'advisors' are men of power.

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19. They're men of power alright, but we didn't elect them. I don't think the people we elected hired

them either. In fact, I would call them handlers, not advisors. Advisors seems euphemistic to me.

[bobthedrummer]

15. Of course not, you know where I'm at when it comes to political machines in the Democratic Party

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Inconvenient truths about the New Democrats, the Third Way, Democratic Leadership Council, etc. (started March 3, 2008)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2973191

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17. thanks for being here for all the important issues, bob....

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