Reply #29: Maybe he has me fooled, but... [View All]

[Marazinia]

Kucinich is the only member of the Democratic party that I have ever considered to be genuine. Americans should have nominated and elected him instead of Obama.

Maybe soon enough Americans will be fed up enough to do the right thing in 2016. If we even get to vote in 2016. We may well be a police state by then. I've been meaning to post the following for awhile, but politics has depressed me so much I avoided doing so for fear nothing anyone says or does can ever change anything. But just in case I'm wrong, here is my tardy open letter to Democrats:

An Open Letter to Democrats

Dear Friends,

We on the far left do not wish to offend you, but we must point out that we did warn you not to vote for Barak Obama. Not only is he a member of the corporate-funded parties, he was not even the best of the Democratic candidates. Dennis Kucinich at least has a voting record that backs much of his rhetoric.

Now the far right calls President Obama a leftist and blames the left for policies that will shift the burden of medical care away from employers and onto the shoulders of workers and taxpayers without improving the cost and efficiency of America's healthcare system. In fact, every time President Obama or Congress do anything to harm the American people, we, the far left, get the blame, even though we never endorsed nor voted for him. Many Americans believe the far right's lies and they blame us for Obama's policies, too.

Yet one good thing has come of this. President Obama has shown the world that America is no longer the deeply racist nation it once was. He is a symbol, although sadly he is, politically, nothing else, but at least he is a symbol we can all be proud of. Thank you, Democrats, for giving Americans that.

It is now time, however, to elect a president and Congress who are more than symbols and who serve the people, not corporate interests. 2012 is probably lost to us. Either a Republican will take office with a Republican Congress, or the Democrats will remain nominally in power. Either way, nothing will change. If we still have the vote in 2014 and 2016 (yes, dear friends, it is as bad as that), then you, the Democrat voters and organizers, are the only hope America has. If you continue to vote for corporate funded politicians, we are lost. If you fail to organize either your own, truly independent party or to organize sufficient numbers to elect Greens or Socialists, our country will descend into pure oligarchy.

We on the left cannot alter American politics. We do not have the numbers, and we are the victims of decades of slander. Only you can save this nation. It won't be easy, but I believe you can do it, if you have the courage to embrace real change.


In Peace and Friendship,

The Far Left