Reply #2: this is about democrats with a small 'd'

[dusmcj]

asking what party to support is putting the cart before the horse, insofar as the primary question is, what policies and platforms should government implement ? The SECOND question is, what party advocates those most closely and most effectively ?

The squeaking sound heard as the GOP at the Federal level crows "50% of Americans support us" identifies their problem: they do not understand that in the Republic they flatulate about, once they have attained office at the Federal level, their obligation is to all the People, not just the ones who let them keep their current job. This goes for the entire executive branch, as well as the legislature.

I don't give a flying fuck for comments that that's naive because this is about politics and self interest. When sophistication or any other antonym for naivete becomes effectively synonymous with personal corruption and a sloppy lazy cynicism, then those who flatulate to that effect, even if only by excusing the manifest corruption of others, need to be silenced in the public arena - they are part of the problem.

There are issues confronting this country which more and more of its People, from across the existing political spectrum, are becoming aware of - the worm is turning. The Greedy Old Pigs party persists in its historical behavior of ignoring those concerns in favor of advancing the club of self-interest and "success". The Democratic Party has presented a viable alternative to this degeneracy for the last 100 years. If it continues to do so, we will be pleased to vote for those among our fellow citizens who offer to serve us as our representatives and employees within the halls of government. If it fails to, we will go, and be, elsewhere.