The economic policies of Obama (and his administration) are totally those of the banks, insurance companies, the death merchants of the MIC, Big Pharma, the mining and oil companies, etc.

The foreign policy of the Ds is the same as the Rs: perpetual war for the benefit of the death merchants.

The civil rights policies of the Ds: Guantanamo, no habeas corpus, no prosecution of war criminals, continued persecution of LGBT people, the worst attack on women’s right to choose since before Roe (through the health “reform” bill).

And don’t forget that Obama got Kucinich to fold on health care (and I certainly wish I knew how). Grayson is great on almost everything but is a complete Zionist puppet on Israel (as is Anthony Weiner).

Still, I will be voting for my congressman (Wu) and my senator (Wyden) because they are mostly good. Wyden voted against the bailout, for instance.

I would not vote for any of the Blue Dogs or for someone like Max Baucus or Ben Nelson merely because they are Dems, however. Those SOBs are no different than Rs.

Well said. I’m sick of these naive “mavericks” who think there’s no appreciable difference between the parties.

That’s smart-ass pseudo-intellectual crap.

Will they shut up if a new Republican majority starts shutting down the government and rounding up dissenters?

I hope not.

Poor Richard’s Almanack 2010

Are you referring to the very same Dennis Kucinich that the Democratic Party campaigned to have removed by primary election for failing to support a watered-down healthcare reform bill?

You’re right. If we compare a fringe, powerless Democratic legislator with a manistream Republican legislator, it almost seems as though the Democratic Party is going to get things done. I only wish that weren’t such a spiteful, willfully dishonest comparison!

“When the Republicans/Tea Party is running things and it get even shittier than it is now, I don’t want to hear a peep outta ya!!! No bitching! You got want you wanted.”

You know what’s interesting about the Democratic Party? They have a stunning ability to recognize how important the left is to their success and insult them in the same breath. Meanwhile, the Republican party is in a position to take over because it has moved to appease and motivate the far right. If you want our votes, fulfill your campaign promises. It’s that simple.

And what about Alan Grayson? He any different than Texas Rep Joe “Sorry, BP” Barton? No!!!

And Russ Feingold?! Why the US Senate will work a lot more smoothly without that anti-union, war-mongering s.o.b. in there!!!

So any of you folks who think there’s not a dime’s worth of difference and plan on setting this one out, or voting Green or Republican to teach the Dems a lesson, please do me a small favor. When the Republicans/Tea Party is running things and it get even shittier than it is now, I don’t want to hear a peep outta ya!!! No bitching! You got want you wanted.