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In reply to the discussion: Sen. Warren: ‘The game is rigged, and the Republicans rigged it’ [View all]Cal33
(7,018 posts)37. Let me put it this way: If the Repubs. were to win both Houses and the Presidency in 2016, there
(1) either will be no more elections by 2024, or Americans will have to go through
the motion of phony elections, the way it was under Stalin in the USSR.
(2) In short, a Corporate Fascist Oligarchy will have taken our country over.
Whereas if the Dems. were to win both Houses and the Presidency in 2016, it
depends on the following:
(1) With a middle-of-the-roader as president, the present political trend would continue.
The same old BS, with our country going further down the drain slowly and surely.
Total fascism would be delayed for awhile.
(2) With a Progressive as president, s/he will have a very tough fight ahead to bring
back some democracy to our nation again.
That, I think, would be the difference.
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Your "edit to note" is the most important part of your post. Thanks for posting.
JDPriestly
Oct 2014
#1
Seems that on DU the loudest voices cheering Warren on are saying the same thing.
baldguy
Oct 2014
#9
Painting both parties as the same just helps the people you're complaining about.
baldguy
Oct 2014
#21
Refusing to recognize a common dysfunction helps the people I'm complaining about. n/t
Orsino
Oct 2014
#23
And the Koch Bros are perfectly happy to have you blame their crimes on Democrats.
baldguy
Oct 2014
#27
WAPO is going for the CT crowd. Warren is right, and they censored her words. Typical RW crap.
freshwest
Oct 2014
#8
wall street rigged it for themselves. the democrats became vichy to survive.
pansypoo53219
Oct 2014
#14
Nothing gets my dander up quicker than hearing someone say the parties are the same
madokie
Oct 2014
#20
The neo-liberal contingent of the Democratic Party is FISCALLY the same as the GOP.
NorthCarolina
Oct 2014
#29
Even fiscally most Democrats don't have a "shrink the government, cut taxes for the rich" mentality
pampango
Oct 2014
#32
Beware. Declaring there is no difference in the parties is a tactic to surpress the vote.
Maineman
Oct 2014
#33
There's no difference in saying there's "no difference" or a "slight difference".
baldguy
Oct 2014
#53
Certainly rigged. The riggers are those who donate labor and money to corporations.
raouldukelives
Oct 2014
#30
I watched the master " rigger " Ronald Reagan using his rigging tools in 1980 , his disciples have
geretogo
Oct 2014
#34