Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
I am a numbered ballot. Any and EVERY politician will tell me what he or she thinks I want to hear. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2013 #1
I Can Agree With Your Post TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #2
No, Manny, I have the feeling that it's 'us' vs. them... babylonsister Feb 2013 #3
I know you feel that way. And you know I feel this way. MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #8
Elizabeth Warren is the only reason I haven't given up hope. Archaic Feb 2013 #10
She's a breath of fresh air, isn't she? Rider3 Feb 2013 #95
I definitely have a feeling that Jamaal510 Feb 2013 #29
But don't you see? babylonsister Feb 2013 #42
it is somewhat crazy to believe that Obama hfojvt Feb 2013 #82
Psychologist never said that Right Wing Authoritarians were "crazy", however... Larry Ogg Feb 2013 #98
No we are only crazy if we think that the oligarchs dont have control in both parties. rhett o rick Feb 2013 #131
Political parties are not teams, sulphurdunn Feb 2013 #111
Well thanks for that clarification. babylonsister Feb 2013 #118
You're welcome. sulphurdunn Mar 2013 #140
A woman at the grocery 840high Feb 2013 #121
She's right. MichiganVote Feb 2013 #127
That's what I told her. 840high Mar 2013 #142
I can't tell you how many times woo me with science Mar 2013 #144
You are so right. This 840high Mar 2013 #145
Did you see this video? woo me with science Mar 2013 #147
Thank you. 840high Mar 2013 #150
The real irony here, to me, is that the dysfunction at the Federal level is... Poll_Blind Feb 2013 #4
I suspect that politics has always attracted an overabundance of sociopaths MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #6
Gerrymandering and a whole bottomless pit of corporate money loudsue Feb 2013 #56
Exactly dreamnightwind Feb 2013 #93
So true, evidenced by how Wasserman-Schultz did just that in FL. ancianita Feb 2013 #109
Well said. n/t loudsue Mar 2013 #139
Socialize the election process, voting box, and public media... Larry Ogg Feb 2013 #102
"I think this plane's going to crash. " dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #124
They remember we exist every 2 years when they remember Warpy Feb 2013 #5
Every damn day. Lint Head Feb 2013 #7
I second that!! DearHeart Mar 2013 #146
We who are about to die salute you pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #9
That about captures it. MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #11
Morituri te salutamus. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2013 #20
Did they ever? dkf Feb 2013 #12
The Founders, Lincoln, and FDR, I think. MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #15
The corporations that own congress... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #67
Really RobinA Feb 2013 #70
Hi RobinA LittleGirl Feb 2013 #77
have not believed that people in power cared about *me* for a long time. not even local HiPointDem Feb 2013 #13
I Do Not RobinA Feb 2013 #75
psychologically freeing. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #83
Yep. All the time. TDale313 Feb 2013 #14
I honestly believe that no one in power gives a shit about me or you. Apophis Feb 2013 #16
Yeah...call it a "feeling" cbrer Feb 2013 #17
We are here to pay the bills. Archaic Feb 2013 #18
Pay the bills? No. The money we receive for our work is illusory and mostly given right back HiPointDem Feb 2013 #30
WE willingly gave away our power Tsiyu Feb 2013 #19
When you stand up and demand positive Change, suddenly they do. Very much so. Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #21
There are no adequate words. woo me with science Feb 2013 #73
The horror to me was the recognition that they ALL have the same uniforms now... Moostache Feb 2013 #79
Yep....sadly. nt snappyturtle Feb 2013 #87
It is possible to trace this trend to two sources. Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #104
Yes KT2000 Feb 2013 #22
Neglect seems like an improvement. I tend to think they are actively trying to milk us. TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #23
They're looting the place with our approval. UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #24
+1 That's the bottom line of corporate rule. woo me with science Feb 2013 #45
Here's the deal. Fuddnik Feb 2013 #25
That's false equivalence. Jamaal510 Feb 2013 #31
yep. +100 n/t BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #36
+1 Shankapotomus Feb 2013 #41
What you said. cliffordu Feb 2013 #59
Thank you. great white snark Feb 2013 #64
Absolutely true. But some just want to believe the parties are exactly the same. They are not. Jennicut Feb 2013 #71
Thank you! There are differences. I'll remain realistic, but refuse to be so pessimistic and cynical mountain grammy Feb 2013 #85
Sometimes they're different in what they say but the outcomes....not so much. snappyturtle Feb 2013 #90
I'm ok, but we've been really lucky to have been healthy with decent union jobs. mountain grammy Feb 2013 #103
You're banging your head against a wall with this crowd. But good luck Number23 Feb 2013 #107
I know, Jamaal510 Feb 2013 #117
Get the feeling? Spirochete Feb 2013 #26
I only feel that way the first seven days of the week Kennah Feb 2013 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author Jamaal510 Feb 2013 #28
Yeah... I'm with you all on this one. defacto7 Feb 2013 #32
...... snappyturtle Feb 2013 #96
what kills me is how many DUers still swoon Skittles Feb 2013 #33
That yep. 840high Feb 2013 #123
Yup, Sherman A1 Feb 2013 #34
nobody *without power* does either! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #35
+ struggle4progress Feb 2013 #130
was having a bum out night BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2013 #136
I planned to post the same, just on general grouchy principle, but you beat me to it! struggle4progress Mar 2013 #138
They remember us every election, and then promptly drop us like Autumn Feb 2013 #37
I've had that feeling for years-since Nixon. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #38
Every damned day. AngryOldDem Feb 2013 #39
President Obama cares - and he has changed things Zax2me Feb 2013 #40
When Paul Krugman lunches at the White House as often as Jamie Dimon and Lloyd Blankfein MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #47
AMEN TO THAT. ancianita Feb 2013 #113
Hope and Change woo me with science Feb 2013 #72
All the time. CanonRay Feb 2013 #43
I don't believe they do. nt raccoon Feb 2013 #44
It's not a feeling, it's an absolute certainty. 99Forever Feb 2013 #46
I never thought they did in the first place, not once, not ever Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #48
Carlin said it all: "They don't care about you at all" deutsey Feb 2013 #49
Carlin was a prophet GiveMeFreedom Feb 2013 #105
In the truest sense of the word. deutsey Feb 2013 #126
+1 woo me with science Mar 2013 #141
Aside from both my Senators, my Congressman, my guv, the vast majority cali Feb 2013 #50
Look at how long it has been going ProSense Feb 2013 #51
It's not a feeling to me. I live in Texas. It's a reality here. nt Javaman Feb 2013 #52
Because they don't. Comrade_McKenzie Feb 2013 #53
Somedays it feels as if there is samplegirl Feb 2013 #54
No, I do not treestar Feb 2013 #55
Yes. Daily. Myrina Feb 2013 #57
There was a scene in House of Cards on Netflix erinlough Feb 2013 #58
Thank you. nt woo me with science Feb 2013 #65
when revolution comes i hope our overlords arent too surprised roguevalley Feb 2013 #60
The universe is indifferent to us AngryAmish Feb 2013 #61
Rub it in, Manny. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #62
They are paid to not give a crap about us... RevStPatrick Feb 2013 #63
Thanks, and keep screaming it, others will join in - nt dreamnightwind Feb 2013 #125
No but I can see why people who don't like either party rationalize it in that way. great white snark Feb 2013 #66
Every minute of every day. n/t ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #68
+1000000 It's not a feeling. It's a sick, nausea-inducing reality, woo me with science Feb 2013 #69
Every day more and more George Carlin was right: it's a big club and we're not in it. Initech Feb 2013 #74
"I tell people to hell with charity, you only get what you're stong enough to get." HomeboyHombre Feb 2013 #76
True enough. MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #101
Ever get the feeling? Manny don't tell me you think they care? Rex Feb 2013 #78
Conservatives consider us all to to have only one function. Consume.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #80
Exactly like an abusive relationship felix_numinous Feb 2013 #81
Has anyone thought of a national tax revolt. Refusal Refusal of the middle class to give up one dime ancianita Feb 2013 #120
Yep... K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #84
I think this is one of your best posts! Couldn't agree more nor could I be more envious. snappyturtle Feb 2013 #86
Wow. woo me with science Feb 2013 #88
Yes, it does but it is true. My grandfathers both lived well into their 90's also. snappyturtle Feb 2013 #91
I understand what you are saying. woo me with science Feb 2013 #94
I couldn't agree more woo.....nt snappyturtle Feb 2013 #97
It's not a feeling. It's reality. forestpath Feb 2013 #89
Politics is not one of the caring professions FarCenter Feb 2013 #92
I was raised with that feeling Scootaloo Feb 2013 #99
I always KNOW that virtually nobody with power gives a shit about my life. obxhead Feb 2013 #100
But Manny, didn't you see the latest pictures of Michelle Arctic Dave Feb 2013 #106
Sure I do.......... socialist_n_TN Feb 2013 #108
We are a stock entity that gets the 'pump and dump' routine every election cycle. ancianita Feb 2013 #110
But, but ... OUR GUY won the election!!!! 99th_Monkey Feb 2013 #112
The feeling is mutual. rucky Feb 2013 #114
It's a Beeeg Club, & You & I Aren't In It! harkonen Feb 2013 #115
Only on days that end with a 'y'. KamaAina Feb 2013 #116
apathy is only rivaled by ignorance (often the willful kind) in this country stupidicus Feb 2013 #119
Yeah yeah. Even if I did believe him (which I do not) abelenkpe Feb 2013 #122
Most of them are millionaires, so they cannot relate to the people they claim sabrina 1 Feb 2013 #128
I don't have a large enough ego to think anyone would or should give a crap about my life. RB TexLa Feb 2013 #129
It is not your ego that elected them to Office, it is your vote and it is their job to care 1-Old-Man Mar 2013 #148
Most Democrats care Pancho Schneider Feb 2013 #132
''Chaos is required for the veils to fall.'' DeSwiss Feb 2013 #133
Is that the Boston Marathon? MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #134
Not sure.... DeSwiss Mar 2013 #135
Ha! It is. MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #137
kick woo me with science Mar 2013 #143
America has been suffering from an empathy deficit for quite some time. shcrane71 Mar 2013 #149
actually, I think its a small but vocal minority with limited power that believes that graham4anything Mar 2013 #151
That's only fair. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #152
As Lennie Briscoe once said, "All day long." WinkyDink Mar 2013 #153
All the Republicans and half the Democrats are bought whores. limpyhobbler Mar 2013 #154
kick woo me with science Mar 2013 #155
More like knowing instead of feeling. mmonk Mar 2013 #156
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Ever get the feeling that...»Reply #106