I'm now completely done being amazed. [View all]

[MadHound]

Back when NAFTA first went through, I was amazed at the number of Democrats who didn't see what was coming, and were actually supportive of a policy that killed the manufacturing sector and impoverished a large portion of its constituents, namely the union members who were in the manufacturing sector. Likewise, I was amazed at the number of Democrats who were in favor of cutting the social safety net, which again did much harm to a large segment of its constituents. This amazement was also my reaction as Democrats supported the '96 Telecom Act and the repeal of Glass-Steagal, again, policies that harmed the constituency of the Democratic party.

Why would a Democratic Administration push through policies that caused such harm to the very people it claimed to represent?

This continued, to a lesser extent, under Bushboy, with prominent Democrats voting for such destructive policies as the IWR and the Patriot Act. I wasn't terribly amazed in 2006 when Pelosi took impeachment off the table, after all, it had become glaringly obvious that somewhere in the past twenty years, Democrats had lost their spine to fight, to do what was right.

Then we came to the Obama administration, and from the get go, I really wasn't expecting much. Despite him being a much vaunted liberal, it was clear, even from early in his first presidential run, that he was little more than another Third Way Democrat. While it disappointed and infuriated me that Obama expanded the surveillance state, yanked the public option, extended the Bush tax cuts, and continues to conduct illegal, immoral military actions.

Now, even though Obama has mounted an offensive against the bedrock policies of the Democratic party, SS, Medicare and Medicaid, I am neither shocked, surprised or amazed. That is because it has become obvious that today's Democratic party is not the same Democratic party of even thirty years ago, much less the Democratic party of my father and grandfather.

This Democratic party is corporately corrupted, and is nothing more than another puppet in this mummer show of politics. It is no longer a party of the people, but rather a party of the wealthy and elite. Sure, it continues to mouth polite bromides about helping the people, but looking at its record, it becomes obvious that the Democratic party is much more interested in helping out the one percent.

Thus, we must face the cold hard truth, that we the people no longer have a party that represents us. We have a party that is openly hostile in the Republicans, and another party that wants to keep us pacified while the elite drain us dry in the Democratic party. It is time to alleviate that situation, one way or another, otherwise we will all wind up simply being corporate serfs.

One thing that does still amaze me is how many people still defend the Democratic party, despite the events of the past twenty five years. That people can be so blind, so stubborn to not see or acknowledge what is before their very eyes, that's amazing. It amazes me that people defend an illegal, immoral drone program, that they defend a military policy that is going to keep troops in Afghanistan for another eleven years, that they defend a record on civil liberties that rivals Bushboy's. That they defend cuts to bedrock Democratic programs such as SS, Medicare and Medicaid, many times using RW talking points. What's next, defense of the Keystone Pipeline when it goes through? At that point, I probably won't be amazed any more, just sad that so many people have put party over people for so long that they've lost their way.