We gotta reverse the tyranny of privatization/deregulation, screw the public legislation run
*WILLY*-Nilly since the 90s when we lost much of the privilege of democracy and many of the rights and freedoms Americans took for granted. No way we could have had George Bush, without the hard right DLC to pass the torch. We lost critical things such as a free press (Clinton's Telecommunications Act of 96) with the lethal one-two punch, that of Clinton/Bush. And conservatives, whether they call themselves old-line republicans or *new "democratic" conservatives (neo-cons), aren't gettin ready to hand them over.
The DLC have a chokehold on our party since Bill, the man for all corporate sponsors, became the "Fund Raiser" with the biggest toychest in America. There's no question that
repubs can & have done infinitely more damage working within our own party.
Even on the internet, unwelcome views that question the beltway (establishment "democrats") are being savaged all over the place. I mean, even this "worthy" post may not win a popularity contest :-). And when I TRY to start my own thread it's buried by 25 Beltway zealots in 5 minutes or less. But there might be an upside to that-- doesn't give much chance for the usual hostile responses.
I REALLY!! resent that they're forcing Hillary on us and, in effect, guaranteeing a republican will take office in '08.
Shalom!