Reply #43: I do not recognize "my" party anymore...

[T Wolf]

From the Dems in the PA state legislature who voted themselves a raise to the punishment of those who voted against it (they lost committee leadership positions) to my new US rep (A. Schwartz) who votes with the pukes most of the time to the national party that cannot seem to do anything right, I too, am ready to leave them.
Every time someone calls to ask for money, I give them an earful about how they are fucking up. The person on the other end of the line always says they are hearing a lot of that kind of response, but they NEVER CHANGE ANYTHING!
Isn't it a famous quote about the purest definition of stupidity being continuing to do the same thing and expecting a different outcome? The Democratic Party seems to be afflicted with that.
If the party ever does develop some courage and honesty, I will be there. But I have been fooled more than once. Not again.
People (and especially politicians) do not change their behavior unless they suffer consequences for it. As long as the Dems in office continue to get reelected, they will not change their tune. And as long as repugs do not have any negative consequences for their offenses against us, others, and the planet, they will certainly not change.
I sincerely believe that the solution does not lie within the political arena. With media complicity and rigged voting machines and corporate control of everything added to the stupidity and selfishness of (most of) the American people, I have absolutely no faith that change will come about at the ballot box.
Where that leaves us....