Comments on: The Plight of the Republican Party http://dailygumboot.ca/2009/11/the-plight-of-the-republican-party/ using ideas from everywhere to build community Mon, 21 May 2012 19:02:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kerry http://dailygumboot.ca/2009/11/the-plight-of-the-republican-party/comment-page-1/#comment-497 Kerry Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:21:27 +0000 http://dailygumboot.ca/?p=1424#comment-497 Does is it even matter which party wins come 2012? Democrats have consistently showed over the course of this year that they are every bit as incompetent at providing leadership and decision making that is separate from the positions of major corporations and their lobbyists. Sure, there have been a number of small legislative changes that may affect 0.0001% of the general population directly, but the sweeping changes that were promoised are nonexistent. The war on terror continues, job losses continue to mount, fossil fuels are still slowly poisoning us, and businesses continue to reap astronomically ridiculous returns at the public's expense. Recently it was noticed that 42 senators (both democrats and conservatives) submitted the exact same statement following a meeting on the current health care debate. The significance of this submission is that it was written by a team of lobbyists and lawyers on behalf of a single major health care provider and that this reveals how devoid of independence our politicians have become. How do you get an pro-choice liberal democrat to vote the same as a racist republican conservative? Pay them. The very individuals that American voters are relying on to reform health care and save their standard of living have been bought out completely. Core values don't matter once the ballots have closed and a winner declared- only money does. Bloody revolution and redistribution of wealth is the only way to earthly salvation... too bad they own all the bullets. Does is it even matter which party wins come 2012? Democrats have consistently showed over the course of this year that they are every bit as incompetent at providing leadership and decision making that is separate from the positions of major corporations and their lobbyists. Sure, there have been a number of small legislative changes that may affect 0.0001% of the general population directly, but the sweeping changes that were promoised are nonexistent. The war on terror continues, job losses continue to mount, fossil fuels are still slowly poisoning us, and businesses continue to reap astronomically ridiculous returns at the public’s expense.

Recently it was noticed that 42 senators (both democrats and conservatives) submitted the exact same statement following a meeting on the current health care debate. The significance of this submission is that it was written by a team of lobbyists and lawyers on behalf of a single major health care provider and that this reveals how devoid of independence our politicians have become. How do you get an pro-choice liberal democrat to vote the same as a racist republican conservative? Pay them. The very individuals that American voters are relying on to reform health care and save their standard of living have been bought out completely. Core values don’t matter once the ballots have closed and a winner declared- only money does.

Bloody revolution and redistribution of wealth is the only way to earthly salvation… too bad they own all the bullets.

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