Reply #27: No, he was quite wrong about the sameness of the two parties

[jpgray]

There is a world of difference bewtween the viewpoints represented in the Democratic Party, and those represented in the Republican party. As long as we have names like Kucinich and the Progressive Caucus, Sherman, Byrd, Wellstone, Harkin, Feingold and others on our side, I don't quite see how that makes us equivalent to DeLay, Santorum, Frist, Hastert, Ashcroft, Rumsfeld, Bush and Cheney.

Will both parties roll over for corporations? When all is said and done, yes, but I prefer the Democratic method of rolling over any day to the Republican. Moreover, if any chance exists to beat back this slew of deregulation, it lies with the Democrats and not with the Republicans. We still have plenty in the party (who are in Congress) who do not care for deregulation and corporate welfare, and as long as they represent me I feel I should not let anyone say "the parties are the same". Kucinich has not forsaken his base. Wellstone represented me and many others in my state of Minnesota excellently for many years.

So Nader is mistaken. There are differences there, and there are values still in the Democratic Party worth fighting for.