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In reply to the discussion: Sen. Warren: ‘The game is rigged, and the Republicans rigged it’ [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)42. You know, this accusatory crap gets pretty damned old.
Mass spying on Americans? Both parties support it.
Handing the internet to corporations? Both parties support it.
Austerity for the masses? Both parties support it.
Cutting social safety nets? Both parties support it.
Corporatists in the cabinet? Both parties support it.
Tolling our interstate highways? Both parties support it.
Corporate education policy? Both parties support it.
Bank bailouts? Both parties support it.
Ignoring the trillions stashed overseas? Both parties support it.
Trans-Pacific Job/Wage Killing Secret Agreement? Both parties support it.
TISA corporate overlord agreement? Both parties support it.
Drilling and fracking? Both parties support it.
Wars on medical marijuana instead of corrupt banks? Both parties support it.
Deregulation of the food industry? Both parties support it.
GMO's? Both parties support it.
Privatization of the TVA? Both parties support it.
Immunity for telecoms? Both parties support it.
"Looking forward" and letting war criminals off the hook? Both parties support it.
Deciding torturers are patriots? Both parties support it.
Militarized police and assaults on protesters? Both parties support it.
Indefinite detention? Both parties support it.
Drone wars and kill lists? Both parties support it.
Targeting of journalists and whistleblowers? Both parties support it.
Private prisons replacing public prisons? Both parties support it.
Unions? Both parties view them with contempt.
Trillion dollar increase in nuclear weapons. Both parties support it.
New war in Iraq. Both parties support it.
New war in Syria. Both parties support it.
Carpet bombing of captive population in Gaza. Both parties support it.
Perhaps the two corporate-purchased parties themselves have something to do with this conclusion by the American people.
Half of Americans don't care which party controls Congress
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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