Reply #124: I'm a Libertarian Socialist, and I think the DLC is ABSOLUTELY IRRELEVANT

[Selatius]

They have no base of support with ordinary voters. Their credibility is shit with average Americans. Nevermind the fact that most Americans have never heard of them.

I believe if the Democratic Party wants to regain power, it must speak to the working man. It must talk about people's jobs, the education system that educates its kids, the deteriorating health care system that is slowly pricing more and more Americans out of the system and leaves them to die because they have the misfortune of being poor.

I have never seen a concerted effort by any Democrat except the few economic populists such as Kucinich who would fight to correct issues such as health care and public education. Might be why Kucinich, who has been characterized by the corporate owned news as a "far leftist," continues to be elected and re-elected by his constituents by sizeable margins, not just adequate margins to hold one's seat. It might be why Bernie Sanders up there in Vermont is demolishing the competition in the race to become that state's next senator in Congress. He, just as Kucinich, speaks to the working man about his problems. Maybe this is why he is so popular even though he is up front about his socialist economic ideology.

Too many Democrats have historically been cowered into taking pale, timid stances for the working man either because of corporate-sponsored politicians attacking them endlessly with charges of extremism through the corporate media or because they're convinced to pander toward corporate interests because they have vast sums of money, ownership of the radio, the television, and the newspaper which may come in handy when building up name recognition with people during elections.

It may be enough to win enough just enough votes to get into office or hold one's seat, but it damn sure isn't enough to save this country from the corporatists who have hijacked the Republican Party and who are currently playing both sides of the political aisle by donating to BOTH Democratic and Republican parties.

I am registered as a Democrat because that's the only option I am given when I was born into a two-party system. (For the record, I find the two-party system is stifling compared to models adopted by our European neighbors) It was either the Democrats or the Republicans, and I simply can't tolerate Republicans on their social positions and economic positions.