Perhaps, it's time.

[nookiemonster]

Perhaps, we should finally come to realize that the:

Republicans
Complicit Democrats

Should now be regarded to as the:

CORPORATE PARTY

I long now for a third party, taking the progressive grassroots of Dean, and becoming viable.

Anyone feel the same?

:)

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Yes

I could see the Congressional Black Caucus, especially John Conyers and Maxine Waters, as being in the forefront of a new People's Party.

[durablend]

4. Yes, and...

Just the name I'd been thinking of too:

"People's Party"

[nookiemonster]

5. Nice. I like the populist theme.

:)

eom

[Talismom]

2. Absolutely! n/t

[yy4me]

3. Many of us feel just as you do but

we can't wait for 2008. Something needs to happen NOW!

[nookiemonster]

8. I know. I'm ancy too.

:)

eom

[BlueJac]

6. You mean you are tired of bought and paid for politicians?

The lobbyist own most of capital hill!:shrug:

[nookiemonster]

7. Lobbyists are a huge problem.

Too much "business" in this business.

[emulatorloo]

9. PERHAPS IT IS TIME TO STOP DEFLECTING BLAME FROM BUSH

perhaps it is time to stop trying to divert attention from the failures of the Bush admin

[nookiemonster]

10. Bingo! Hence the Corporate party.

n/t

[Don Claybrook]

11. Tell it to the GOP

They're the only ones trying to divert attention from the failures of the Bush admin.

Meantime, there's a real vaccuum of leadership in the Democratic Party. They want to stand aside and watch Bush go down with no input on their part because they think it will make them look bad.

No one is going to get me to defend this by-and-large useless group of slugs, not as a whole. They don't deserve it.

Bush is almost completely at fault, but the Democrats get no free pass. They haven't done a damned thing, other than the $10bn, but so what.

[nookiemonster]

12. Well, let's face it, talking to the GOP,

is..well...moot.

As far as the Dems, their silence is speaking volumes.

It's tough love. As a Dem, you better fucking represent your constituents! Citizens, dammit! If the Dems do not take Bush to task on this, they won't need the GOP.

They'll marginalize themselves and that just pisses me off.

--expecting flaming to start in 3..2..1..--

[emulatorloo]

17. Call them tomorrow -- that's what I am gonna do

and I am going to remind them that every nom/appointment bush has made has been underqualified and incompetent.

[recoveringdittohed]

13. 100% American Party

Maybe someone else here has referenced the the following quote from a famous Louisiana Democrat but I haven't seen it so if this is a duplication, sorry.

"Sure we'll have fascism in America, but it will come disguised as 100% Americanism." Huey P. Long, D-LA. Link to Molly Ivins column from several months ago with the Long quote in the final paragraph. http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/20179/

[nookiemonster]

14. Long was a great populist, albeit some lackluster behavior.

Scarily fitting quote!

[MadeinOhio]

15. Exactly I think its time for the american progressive party...

Howard Dean and everyone can get it started.

[nookiemonster]

18. "Progressive"

How in the hell can anyone make a negative connotation out of that word. The word itself defines empowerment.

Dean would be a great leader, I'm sure of it.

[OneGrassRoot]

16. Let's pick a dream team.............

I don't care about what positions they hold, but I recommend:

Dean, Clark, Obama, Hackett (really fresh non-political meat....lol), maybe Banco and Landrieux (sp?) depending how strong they stay, even Nagin, certainly John Conyers (bless that man). Bring Gore back, Clinton can be head of the UN as someone talked about before.

I wonder how many we here can agree on? Obviously there are others....can't think of many women off the top of my head....hey, get Cindy Sheehan to run for something if she's so inclined, and that whistleblower Colleen Rowley can be put in charge of the FBI, and Sibel can work in the State Department.....

:bounce:

[nookiemonster]

19. Great suggestions.

But I would leave that to Dr. Dean.

:)

[OneBlueSky]

20. good point . . . I, for one, will not vote for ANY candidate . . .

for president who does not renounce any and all corporate contributions . . . period . . .