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Originally Posted by irishgrl
Diss, the Democratic party that I remember cared about the little guy. the immigrant, the minority, the poor, the uneducated. The Democratic Party I remember was all about elevating the disadvantaged to a point where they could be self sufficient. THAT'S the Democratic Party I support. Its still in there somewhere, even tho lately its been lost inside the GOP house of mirrors. The Democratic Party I remember was composed of idealists, of dreamers, of Union members, of fringe groups that wanted a voice and representation.
Somewhere in the apathetic mess that the Party seems to have degenerated into, is the kernel of idealism, of hope that was the Democratic Party at its best. Im sure Im not alone when I say that I believe the Party still has the seeds of greatness within. All of your scorn and derision sounds to me like a closet Dem who has been disappointed. If that's true, I dont have the words to say how much I wish it were different. If your only task in life is to serve as a burr under the Democratic Saddle, then we can only benefit! Keep up the good work.
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I'm not a closet Dem and never was. When I was a member of that party, I didn't keep it a secret. When I left that party after the last election, I didn't keep it a secret, either.
The Democratic party you remember is long gone, unfortunately. That is my opinion. It is no longer a party that fights for the working-class, it is a party that puts big business above all else and only when big business is appeased will the lowly proletarians get a few crumbs tossed their way. Are those crumbs bigger than anything tossed by the Republican party? Yes. But they are not enough for me to be complicit in what I see as the constant raping of the American public. They need to offer action, not inaction. They need to offer change, not stagnation. They need to offer a genuine sense of care and empathy, not an emotion-triggering talking point that offends in it's sterility.
I realize that people think voting for Green candidates or Independent candidates is akin to wasting your vote, and I'm fine with that. I stopped seeing a difference between the two parties in our current system quite a while back and I'm now perfectly content to vote for what I think is right, not for who might win. If the Democrats cannot offer me anything much different than the Republicans, I feel as if voting for them will be wasting my votes. At least now I can sleep better at night knowing that I didn't sell myself out.