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55. Millions of people are to blame, including me and possibly even you.

Tue Oct 21, 2014, 08:18 AM

Oct 2014

I'm not being selective in applying blame for decades of systemic rot. Pretending that the buying of elected officials is a Republican phenomenon, or a recent one, has uses during the campaign season...and is nearly useless if we claim to be looking for a solution.

Undoing it is going to involve the repealing of countless laws and the overturning of countless court decisions. Or a Constitutional Amendment or three.

None of that can begin while each party blames the other.

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Sen. Warren: �The game is rigged, and the Republicans rigged it� [View all] TomCADem Oct 2014 OP

Your "edit to note" is the most important part of your post. Thanks for posting. JDPriestly Oct 2014 #1

Unknown Senator giving political talk in Midwest says Game is Rigged Jackpine Radical Oct 2014 #12

I've heard that the Washington Post is now at least 50% Republican-owned. Cal33 Oct 2014 #31

in any event it's becoming progressively more unreadable. redruddyred Oct 2014 #51

WatdahelzamatterU? Ink costs money. Hoppy Oct 2014 #2

agree totally oldandhappy Oct 2014 #3

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Oct 2014 #4

She's wrong ... both parties are the same!!! JoePhilly Oct 2014 #5

Seems that on DU the loudest voices cheering Warren on are saying the same thing. baldguy Oct 2014 #9

totally bogus statement beachbum bob Oct 2014 #6

A couple of points here--or maybe 5 off the top of my head: Jackpine Radical Oct 2014 #15

I don't believe Nader made any difference. olddad56 Oct 2014 #26

The Republican Party was one of the tools used to rig the game, yes. Orsino Oct 2014 #7

Talk about not taking the long view. baldguy Oct 2014 #10

The Democratic is holding the barbarians off the gate? Orsino Oct 2014 #18

Painting both parties as the same just helps the people you're complaining about. baldguy Oct 2014 #21

Refusing to recognize a common dysfunction helps the people I'm complaining about. n/t Orsino Oct 2014 #23

And the Koch Bros are perfectly happy to have you blame their crimes on Democrats. baldguy Oct 2014 #27

The problem is much bigger than that. Orsino Oct 2014 #35

Please see Sen Warren's quote titling the OP baldguy Oct 2014 #41

Millions of people are to blame, including me and possibly even you. Orsino Oct 2014 #55

WAPO is going for the CT crowd. Warren is right, and they censored her words. Typical RW crap. freshwest Oct 2014 #8

........ daleanime Oct 2014 #11

Shame on you, WAPO. littlemissmartypants Oct 2014 #13

wall street rigged it for themselves. the democrats became vichy to survive. pansypoo53219 Oct 2014 #14

^^^^^^^^^^^^n't truedelphi Oct 2014 #17

But until Democratic Leadership starts to actually care, truedelphi Oct 2014 #16

So, Warren is wrong! TomCADem Oct 2014 #24

She could have added the coda "and we let them" marshall Oct 2014 #28

I was in the trenches regarding the voting situation back in 2004 - truedelphi Oct 2014 #60

For All Our Sakes...Dump Hillary! billhicks76 Oct 2014 #19

I agree ..and we liberals would have to dig deep to finance her camapign INdemo Oct 2014 #45

Yes!!! billhicks76 Oct 2014 #47

Nothing gets my dander up quicker than hearing someone say the parties are the same madokie Oct 2014 #20

+1000 baldguy Oct 2014 #22

Exactly, its part of the corporate media false equivalency meme! TomCADem Oct 2014 #25

The neo-liberal contingent of the Democratic Party is FISCALLY the same as the GOP. NorthCarolina Oct 2014 #29

Even fiscally most Democrats don't have a "shrink the government, cut taxes for the rich" mentality pampango Oct 2014 #32

Perhaps not NorthCarolina Oct 2014 #40

Objectively false. Social policies are objectively economic policies. joshcryer Oct 2014 #50

Beware. Declaring there is no difference in the parties is a tactic to surpress the vote. Maineman Oct 2014 #33

That is the slight difference between the two . geretogo Oct 2014 #39

There's no difference in saying there's "no difference" or a "slight difference". baldguy Oct 2014 #53

You know, this accusatory crap gets pretty damned old. woo me with science Oct 2014 #42

I think a lot of people are sick of the wars in the middle east. redruddyred Oct 2014 #52

"Drilling and fracking? Both parties support it." RiverLover Oct 2014 #54

Had to be said. (eom) CanSocDem Oct 2014 #58

Yes, the accusatory crap gets really, really old. woo me with science Oct 2014 #43

Those poor Republicans. joshcryer Oct 2014 #49

no they are not the same but INdemo Oct 2014 #57

Certainly rigged. The riggers are those who donate labor and money to corporations. raouldukelives Oct 2014 #30

I watched the master " rigger " Ronald Reagan using his rigging tools in 1980 , his disciples have geretogo Oct 2014 #34

I've been saying that day after day for over a year. Yet, ballyhoo Oct 2014 #36

Let me put it this way: If the Repubs. were to win both Houses and the Presidency in 2016, there Cal33 Oct 2014 #37

Your probably right geretogo Oct 2014 #38

Well, Cal33, I hope you are right, but I fear you are wrong. Progressive ballyhoo Oct 2014 #46

Do you think people like Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders...etc... would ever Cal33 Oct 2014 #56

Sorry for the mistake on my post. You picked up what ballyhoo Oct 2014 #59

Check this out too INdemo Oct 2014 #44

But democrats are no better! joshcryer Oct 2014 #48