Democrats will never win as long as they insist on playing . . .

[OneBlueSky]

the Republican game, by Republican rules . . . instead of enabling and facilitating the BushCo agenda, they have to oppose it at every turn, and become what the Republicans are not -- representatives of the people . . .

Republicans are the party of big business -- always have been, always will be . . . and the Democrats biggest mistake is that they are trying to emulate the Repugs by also being a corporate party (via entities like the DLC) . . . that's a losing proposition, since the Repugs will ALWAYS have a huge advantage in corporate support and corporate contributions . . .

instead of trying to out-Republican the Republicans, the Dems have to go in a completely opposite direction -- refusing all corporate contributions and becoming a true populist party that represents the interests of the people over those of big business . . . on each and every issue, from taxation, to health care, to the war, to election reform, to budget priorities, to energy, to bankruptcy "reform", to jobs -- to everything . . . and by articulating their opposing positions to the American people in ways that a) make sense, and b) are easily understood by average Americans . . .

Democrats must also become he party of truth, pledging to pursue the truth no matter where it leads and to report the truth to the American people . . . the truth about election fraud, about 9/11, about the war in Iraq (including illegalities like depleted uranium weapons), about Cheney's energy task force, about Peak Oil -- about everything . . .

if the Democrats divorced themselves from corporations, promised to represent the people, and pledged to find and report the truth -- and meant it -- people would flock to them in unprecedented numbers and with unprecedented dollars . . . but as long as they insist on playing the Republican game of allowing corporate contributions to dictate their agenda and their votes, they will continue to lose . . . because that game is thoroughly stacked against them . . .

[madmadmad]

1. hear, hear! if only campaigns were publicly funded with set amounts...

[upi402]

2. We have to fight tough, not make-nice

Knock the snot bubbles out of the corporatists in either party.
Extinguish the evil spawn.

[Dr Fate]

3. DEMS who say they can "work with" liars & crooks are dumb or lying n/t

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