This may be jumbled and such, because I have been refraining from spitting a lot of this out but after last night, I’m just going to lay it all out there.
We have a mother fucking democracy problem when the media completely ignores states that are voting. We have a democracy problem when the media focuses hour after hour, after hour on a narcisstic, racist jackass who’s running based on fear and loathing and not one actual network can be bothered to point that out.
We have a democracy problem when primaries which are supposed to be “easier” for people to vote in, turn into day long ordeals, and don’t tell me that caucuses are less democratic, anyone can show up. Are they easier? No, but tell the people in AZ and other states that had more than 3 hour waits to vote in a primary that they have the better system.
We have a democracy problem when state after state this year has run out of ballots, screwing everyone over no matter what candidate they are voting for. COME ON!! After the first run of states this year it should have been fairly obvious that turnouts would increase, not decrease!
We have a democracy problem when the commentary is reduced to, “Well this socio-economic class/race/gender/sexual orientation is always voting for said candidate so they don't matter, or do matter more, or whatever the narrative is supposed to be.” We are ALL AMERICANS, ALL OUR VOTES COUNT! Quit discounting whites, Millenials, old people, POC, LGBTQ! ALL OF YOU! Bernie or Hillary people.
We have a democracy problem when election after election, half the country is written off before they vote. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER! Don’t tell me “Well the math!” Okay, then tell all the social movements that have ever existed in the entirety of human history that they don’t matter because the “math” was not in the favor.
We have a democracy problem when state after state, voter suppression tactics are used.
We have a party problem when people in the Dem party state over and over “Well independents don’t matter, screw their vote! They shouldn’t be able to vote in any primary.” Guess what people, screw the party. When election after election the Dem party hasn’t done shit on things like climate change, when they couldn’t be bothered to push back against the crap that Bush did, when they can’t be bothered to fight the states that over and over suppress any voters, Rep or Dem. Dems are supposed to be the party of the people, is the DNC doing anything about what happened in AZ? Has the Dem party made an all out effort to educate Dem voters? No.
Say what you want about the Reps, but they deliver on their fucked up agenda. Hate gays? Vote for us and we’ll make their life a living hell, and they keep trying and keep doing it. Hate abortion? Awesome, we’ll pass the hell out of restrictive laws.
Meanwhile, Dems, “Climate change? Uhh, yeah, it’s one of those things we don’t talk about.” It’s only the most important issue facing the entire planet, no biggee. Equal access to voting? Sorry the states keep fucking it up, we’re too busy to send out poll watchers to keep on eye on things but keep sending us money to do shit all about anything useful.
You know why people are turning Indie en masse? Because the Dem Party has no goddamn spine, it hasn’t in years. So go ahead, keep denying the reality that we have a Democracy problem, keep denying the fact that the media is bought and paid for in the most horrific ways possible. Keep denying that no one, except for a few people here and there in the past 20 years in the Dem party, has even bothered to mention these things, then tell me that the Dem party is the party of the people.
This is not a two party system, not anymore. Yes, the Dems hold firm on the old core issues, but where’s their leadership? Not anywhere to be seen. That’s why they keep losing in the mid-terms.
-End Rant