"Seattle's Socialist City Councilor Offers Radical Response to Obama Speech"

[sabrina 1]

71. 'Even on DU'. You know what? Maybe this is what was needed. While we all thought we had

a party that was united for all the things mentioned in the OP, opposed to all those Right Wing policies, we remained in a state of denial. It wasn't until we won it all and still saw the same policies, the disgusting bi-partisanship garbage, they called it 'compromise' and it was always DEMS being asked to compromise even when they won.

And then the numerous appointments of Republicans, the remaining Bush people still operating with impunity five years later, like Clapper and Alexander eg.

It just occurred to me that we NEEDED to see what we are seeing now so openly on DU, so that we no longer remain 'hopeful' where there is no hope.

IF they continue to bash REAL DEMOCRATS, here or anywhere else, something good could come of all of this. Either we kick every fake, corporate Dem out of the party or as THIS is very, very likely to happen:

From the OP:

We need our own political party. Independent of big business, and independent of the parties of big business.

Some say it cannot be done.

But look at the example of my campaign for Seattle City Council. I ran as an open socialist. I did not take a penny in corporate cash. My campaign raised $140,000 from ordinary working people. I ran as an independent working-class challenger to the capitalist establishment.

I ran on a platform of $15 minimum wage, taxing the super-rich to pay for mass transit and education, and for affordable housing, including rent control.

As he says also, and I've seen these polls, 60% of the people want another party now. If the Dem Party continues to bash its own voters, as we are seeing right here on DU, if they are not smart enough to start giving their members something to vote for, then they will have only themselves to blame if voters finally get the message they've been sending 'We don't need your ideas, they are retarded, so just shut up and vote'. The first part is likely to sink in and finally be taken seriously.