Sick of hearing this from people — both parties are the same, they all act the same, they are all bought and sold, they all got their piece of the pie now they are fucking the little guy. I have often said that people who say that are intellectually and politically lazy and they are just saying something popular and non-controversial so nobody rocks the boat with them. If you think that both parties are some how similar, look at the amazing fight to get sane rational and smart gun control measures voted on in the House. As republicans fucking JEER from the sidelines, democrats have the fucking intestinal fortitude to take over the house.
I can understand frustration with the political process, sausage making is not for the weak of stomach. I can understand being angry at the establishment, I can understand wanting and demanding change, but what I cannot understand, for the fucking life of me, is how people view Republicans and Democrats as the same thing. Democrats, for years now, have been standing up for good governance in the age of republican stupidity. Standing up to party which has absolutely failed to act on the most critical issues of our time, failed, utterly, to cooperate willingly with the other side despite numerous opportunities to do so. To the party that has SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT over some bullshit thing about abortion. The party that has voted to repeal Obamacare, what, at least 60 times since 2012. The party that spent millions of dollars in witch hunts against Hillary Clinton in the House. The party that brought you the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which we are still mired in and will be for years to come. The party that openly denies climate change, is in the NRA’s pocket, and used gays and lesbians as a political tool to drive out bigots to the voting booths with their anti-equality proposals in many states. Southern strategy? Republicans. De-regulation? Republicans. Federal minimum wage stuck at 7.25? Republicans. The party that, despite 30,000 gun deaths a year still does absolutely nothing and the Democrats are forced to SIT IN on the floor to get a fucking vote for sane gun regulation and stop the bloodshed. The list goes on and on and on and on.
And you are going to sit there on your comfy, “non-political-oberserver” high horse and and tell me that both these parties are the same. The party of John Lewis and the party of Donald Trump are the same? You are really fucking gonna tell me that? Get out of here with that fucking noise.
It should be clear to anyone that the responsible party, the party that fights for good, that fights for the people on so many issues, are the ones sitting in. They are the ones singing “We shall overcome” on the House floor. They are the ones standing up against insanity, and they are the ones that must continue to govern. Any progressive who threatens to vote against these people has already betrayed their own values. The revolution is right there in the halls of Congress. Vote for it come November.