It's the party, stupid!

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Wednesday April 06, 2011 · 8:17 AM PDT

2011/04/06 · 08:17

The problem most people on the left don't seem to realize is that they continue to support a political party that doesn't represent them or their interests. The Democratic party is the left wing of the capitalist party. It no longer bears any resemblance to the socialist policies of FDR. It's sole purpose today is to pretend to be an opposition party to the right wing of the same party.

For me, this reality is summed up by a man many on the left admire, but don't seem to understand very well. Here's a quote from him and it says everything about what's wrong with the political left in this country. To fully understand it's meaning, read it, dwell on it, think about it, meditate on it. It isn't subtle...it's in your face. But, sadly, most people on the left won't understand much of it at all or how significant such a simple statement truly is.

It's my signature quote I now post on every comment, etc.

"I'm not a Democrat or a Republican. I'm a socialist." - Bernie Sanders

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Unitary Executive...Why?

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Monday July 10, 2006 · 5:51 PM PDT

2006/07/10 · 17:51

I got into a debate with my staunchly conservative, Republican father the other night. He was adamant that the president has more power than the other branches of government. He tried to convince me that the president did not have to abide the laws legislated by Congress, and that he didn't have to honor the legal rulings of the Supreme Court. We went back and forth and round and round, never moving beyond our partisan bickering. My moderate (so he claims) brother joined my father in trying to convince me of this theory of unitary executive. I was not moved, but I also could not develop any argument to move them.

Today, I was thinking about that heated discussion. I set aside my partisan hat and thought about how best to relate why I do not advocate such a theory.

Then it hit me.

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