Reply #102: I've seen this meme before [View All]

[newspeak]

Now who else has put the tea baggers with the progressives, oh yes, the MSM. I am a progressive, I am a FDR democrat. I've been voting since I was nineteen, and my family comes from a solid democratic household. My aunt was secretary to Sen. Carl Hayden, democrat from Arizona. My uncle was a bodyguard to FDR. And, now, we are lumped with the tea baggers. A group that was basically created by corporations and corporate political whores.

I voted for Clinton, so that Poppy's NAFTA wouldn't be passed. I voted for Clinton so that those who committed felonies against "we the people" would be indicted. Instead of having the same players given governmental roles in the * administration. But no, we must move forward. I voted for Obama so those who committed torture would be indicted, I voted for Obama so that those who lied us into war would find justice, I voted for Obama so that main street would find economic relief, I voted for Obama so that a new way of securing our country would be implemented, I voted for Obama so that things like illegal wiretapping and unconstitutional surveillance would be abolished. I voted for Obama so that regulatory bills would be enacted to keep those who got us in the mess in the first place could not do so again.

I hear talk of progressives causing stagnation. It already is stagnation--it is keeping the status quo, that does nothing good for main street, while allowing an accumulation of power and influence to certain corporations--at our expense.

I've stated that if I was in Mass. I would have voted for Coakely only to keep Brown out-but, I do not think Coakley is the best choice for the people. And, as written, I am opposed to this stink bill. I'd like to see any (what's left) of the positives of the bill pass, and dump the rest.

Don't expect me or my family to buy into the "New Democrats" any time soon.