Democrats prefer to lose

[merkins]

I missed this comment on another thread but Corrente picked up on it for the quote of the day. Thank you to DU's Claudia Jones for a summation I have been feeling in my heart these last few years:

Democratic party politicians are in an unenviable position. They must convince people that they are fighting for the everyday working class people while they are actually working for the wealthy few. This is a delicate balancing act. When they gain power, as in 2006 and 2008, they have an enormous problem because people have an expectation that they will actually do something to benefit the working class people. Convoluted and improbable excuses and rationales must be concocted lest people see through the ruse. Of course, part of the game is denying that any of this is going on. It was remarkable to see the relief - almost glee - among party politicians, flacks and liberal pundits after the 2010 drubbing. They paid lip service to being unhappy over the results, yes. But they were very happy to be back in their comfort zone and go back to pointing the finger at the Republicans and claiming impotence and to blaming the general public for the state of the country.

[Tx4obama]

1. Unrec. BULLSHIT.

The democrats are the ONLY party that ever do anything for the working class!

Are you sure you read what you posted correctly?

*Alerted due to smear against dems!


Edited to fix typo.

[liberalla]

2. Agreed.

Unrec'd.

[merkins]

4. Be sure to distinguish

the critique is a slam against the party hierarchy at the top and not against the progressive ideals for which we all support.

[MrSlayer]

3. Yes. With few exceptions.

There are a few people up there who actually care but for the most part the Democrats are as bought out as the Republicans. The very best guy on the Hill isn't in either party and his name is not Joe Lieberman.

[cali]

8. I suppose you're talking about my Senator

and good as he is, he's not the only one.

[hayrow]

5. The erosion has been on-going since the election of Reagan

The Democrats have been the lesser of two evils, with a few exceptions, for over thirty years. They are becoming more of the Tweedledum to the Repuklican Tweedledummer on an almost daily basis it seems.

[sufrommich]

6. Democrats are as bad as republicans. Check. Unrec. nt

[cali]

7. Really? All democrats? bzzzt.

And talk about projection.