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95. Corporatists want Democrats and Republicans to hate each other
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 08:11 AM
Jan 2013

and focus on wedge issues that divide us, rather than noticing how the two parties are quietly working together on the most important economic, war, and police state issues.

In most major policy areas, the two parties are in terrifying agreement. It is well past time that Democrats and Republicans stop taking the bait to blindly despise each other and instead open our eyes to actual policy and how we are ALL being sold out by our corporate owners.

We will never have the strength and numbers to stop what is being done to us until we can agree that the real battle is between all of us and the banks and corporations who are now driving policy in both parties.

Our party is now actively complicit with Republicans in advancing the agenda of the one percent:

Obama, Democrats Push to Make Bush Spying Laws Permanent
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022084702

The Enemy Expatriation Act - another attack on legitimate protest and dissent like NDAA
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022072450

FBI Investigated 'Occupy' As Possible 'Domestic Terrorism' Threat, Internal Documents Show
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022061578

NDAA 2013 - Indefinite detention without trial is back
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014342985

Congress, at Last Minute, Drops Requirement to Obtain Warrant to Monitor Email
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014348022

Democratic-controlled US Senate approves...new $633 billion war bill
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022060449

Purposely aiming bombs at children: "It kind of opens our aperture."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021931748

The Pentagon's New 30,000-lb MOP Bomb Is Ready To Go
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022200058

Obama Administration To Offer More Than 20 Million Acres in Western Gulf of Mexico for Oil/Drilling
http://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1896005

Obama's (Corporate) Education Reform Push is Bad Education Policy
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x221922

Obama's 'Race To The Top' Drives Nationwide Wave of School Closings, Teacher Firings
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2183810

Trans Pacific Partnership is NAFTA On Steroids
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1914478

NYT slams the government for choosing not to prosecute HSBC top-bankers
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021965407

Why is Social Security Under Attack from Obama, when it ADDS NOTHING to the deficit???
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022065493

Obama: "Too many of us have been interested in defending programs as written in 1938."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid

Surely every American must realize any cuts hereinafter made to social security, Medicare, or Medicaid...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022191730

Health insurers raising rates by double digits
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014358823



The Democratic Party's Deceitful Game
http://www.salon.com/2010/02/23/democrats_34/

It's well past time to give up the illusion of what we are really facing here. We are under assault by corporatists who pretend to represent us, and we had better figure out what we are going to do about it, because change is not coming from those who claim to be on our side.

I think the GOP is trying to annihilate itself first. sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #1
Agreed Sherman A1 Jan 2013 #13
Got that right DFW Jan 2013 #23
Like always they attribute their own behavior to their opponents. Kablooie Jan 2013 #89
Nobody does it better! lebkuchen Jan 2013 #104
Sounds good to me. And they seem to helping quite a bit. n/t woodsprite Jan 2013 #2
They don't need any effing help libodem Jan 2013 #3
+100! n/t Lugnut Jan 2013 #16
+2000 AsahinaKimi Jan 2013 #32
It's nice to see you back, Kimi. yardwork Jan 2013 #62
hi hi AsahinaKimi Jan 2013 #90
Boehner hates competition. bluedigger Jan 2013 #4
Touche! Cha Jan 2013 #22
Ha! Good one. bitchkitty Jan 2013 #98
shove us into the dustbin of history Flashmann Jan 2013 #5
Projection------thy name is republican thelordofhell Jan 2013 #6
Eeeeyup! GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #77
Fucking useless party BeyondGeography Jan 2013 #7
suicide by *g*op? n/t eggplant Jan 2013 #8
Check us out 1:33pm libodem Jan 2013 #9
It's happening - he's just looking to shift the blame. TheCowsCameHome Jan 2013 #10
He could be Syracuse University's new basketball mascot George II Jan 2013 #43
Their problems wouldn't have anything to do with their own deficiencies. Cary Jan 2013 #11
Is there any hope for conservatives? Downtown Hound Jan 2013 #15
The only hope I have for conservatives is that they go away quietly like Mitt did George II Jan 2013 #46
I would call that DJ13 Jan 2013 #12
Here's hopin'... n/t Downtown Hound Jan 2013 #14
Oh, yeah. The President is the hostile one. narnian60 Jan 2013 #17
The single most important thing we want to achieve,"is to annihilate the GOP" Blue4Texas Jan 2013 #18
Ditto to that! RiverNoord Jan 2013 #107
Where's a Michelle Obama eye roll when we need one? Blue Owl Jan 2013 #19
THANK YOU OBAMA!!! Skittles Jan 2013 #20
Hey Bonehead adieu Jan 2013 #21
Here's the GOP being threatened with annihilation... Richardo Jan 2013 #24
Ha! Cary Jan 2013 #25
I feel bad posting that pic in this context... Richardo Jan 2013 #28
Written by Richard Pryor....oh how I miss that man! nt msanthrope Jan 2013 #29
At first, Richard Pryor was supposed to play this part. Brigid Jan 2013 #40
I think Mel was right--have the writer and actor different, for some perspective and msanthrope Jan 2013 #45
Well, Cleavon Little was very funny in the role. Brigid Jan 2013 #48
I love "Blazing Saddles" and BlueMTexpat Jan 2013 #65
You nailed it decrepittex Jan 2013 #83
Repukes don't need PBO to annihilate them meow2u3 Jan 2013 #26
^^^ This. (nt) apnu Jan 2013 #39
Sounds like a plan to me. Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #27
Not annihilate. Just... hobble it a little. /nt Ash_F Jan 2013 #30
Why stop at annihilate? Dago T Jan 2013 #31
No, he wants to work with them FiveGoodMen Jan 2013 #33
me too. mountain grammy Jan 2013 #100
G.O.P. -- God-awful Old Pricks lastlib Jan 2013 #34
More total, complete nonsense from the right wing. mwb970 Jan 2013 #35
If only it were true Kelvin Mace Jan 2013 #36
Works for me. n/t Earth Bound Misfit Jan 2013 #37
OT, love your sig pic! Pool Hall Ace Jan 2013 #97
I'm Still Waiting For Your Apology Speaker Boehner DallasNE Jan 2013 #38
That is patently untrue. Liberal Veteran Jan 2013 #41
"Annihilate" is a strong word, I think he just wants to squash them like the cockroaches they are! George II Jan 2013 #42
Annihilate HA obama2terms Jan 2013 #44
LOL Boner boy is doing a great job of helping him. LOL nt Javaman Jan 2013 #47
They can do that themselves. santamargarita Jan 2013 #49
Dustbin of History Sounds Lovely otohara Jan 2013 #50
Laughable. Laelth Jan 2013 #51
O Please reps are committing suicide abelenkpe Jan 2013 #52
Excellent. damnedifIknow Jan 2013 #53
Oh, the things they'll say for money....... Burma Jones Jan 2013 #54
Actually, I don't think he does, John. tanyev Jan 2013 #55
To quote the immoral The Wizard Jan 2013 #56
I don't see that at all. It is clearly the other way around. The GOP wants to annihilate our PRES. olddad56 Jan 2013 #57
Works for me. truebluegreen Jan 2013 #58
Rocktivity: Boehner wants to ‘Annihilate’ Obama rocktivity Jan 2013 #59
Obama's successful Presidency gives the nation a comparison with which to judge randr Jan 2013 #60
The GOP loses evertime they open their mouths! sheshe2 Jan 2013 #61
I hope that he is correct. nt ladjf Jan 2013 #63
Well of course, payback is SteveG Jan 2013 #64
They just cannot accept responsibility for their own behavior, lifesbeautifulmagic Jan 2013 #66
I hope Obama succeeds. Luschnig Jan 2013 #67
No John, the gop is doing a bang-up job of self-annihilation. Dont call me Shirley Jan 2013 #68
If he did...so what? Ken Burch Jan 2013 #69
Funny, So do I. IrishAle Jan 2013 #70
the gop SemperEadem Jan 2013 #71
Sorry Boehner you and your republican cohorts are doing the job yourselves by being kimbutgar Jan 2013 #72
Projecting Much? Phlem Jan 2013 #73
"The dustbin" would be a step up. gkhouston Jan 2013 #74
Obama Third Doctor Jan 2013 #75
That is laughable considering how hard Obama tried to work with them. liberal N proud Jan 2013 #76
Now why would a 2nd-term president ever want to annihilate the political party whose job #1 was indepat Jan 2013 #78
If all it takes is a nug to push the clowns over the cliff.. and-justice-for-all Jan 2013 #79
Sore. Loser. BadgerKid Jan 2013 #80
Someone tell Boner . . . OldRedneck Jan 2013 #81
I'd like to tell John decrepittex Jan 2013 #82
Paranoid Politics as Unusual as Usual. You go John, your rhetoric is helping with the annihilation. Coyotl Jan 2013 #84
I'm a Dalek when it comes to the Republican Party Cobalt-60 Jan 2013 #85
Instead of annihilation, why don't we just drown it in a bathtub? (n/t) Jim Lane Jan 2013 #86
In my dreams (and Boehner's drunken ramblings) Tom Ripley Jan 2013 #87
more fearmongering olddad56 Jan 2013 #88
He says this as if it's a bad thing. King_Klonopin Jan 2013 #91
I was under the impression they xxqqqzme Jan 2013 #92
More like he's allowing them to commit suicide. tclambert Jan 2013 #93
How can you push someone who is already in mid-swan-dive? JHB Jan 2013 #94
Corporatists want Democrats and Republicans to hate each other woo me with science Jan 2013 #95
Who has been hostile for the last 3 1/2 years? davidpdx Jan 2013 #96
Boner is right, for once! Odin2005 Jan 2013 #99
The GOP never take responsibility for anything they do wrong. Like abusers, it is always someone appleannie1 Jan 2013 #101
It was the republicans Madmiddle Jan 2013 #102
Hopefull my earnest prayers will be answered. Maybe there is a just God after all. olegramps Jan 2013 #103
If only. KamaAina Jan 2013 #105
Boner and his party are self destructing SmittynMo Jan 2013 #106
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