Reply #15: Long, wordy response, but enlightening.

[tomreedtoon]

It's very much like modern-day Hollywood, which (like the political parties) has been taken over by conservative, risk-wary large corporations. And like the movies and TV shows produced today, they are dull, uninteresting and predictable. And they are usually sequels and remakes and flops (oh, my!)

The Democrats don't need a candidate like that. They need an independent film type candidate. Even in a predictable system, you get outlaws whose films suddenly gain attention - Kevin Smith's films and scripts come to mind for some reason.

Come to think of it, the dopers Jay and Silent Bob would do a better job at beating Bush than any of the Big Three candidates.