What is your real attitude toward the major political parties?

[Douglas Carpenter]

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	I believe the Republican Party is the Party of Wall Street power and the 1% while the Democratic Party is the party that represents ordinary working people
	1 (13%)
	I believe the differences between the two parties and whose interest they represent are marginal at best
	3 (38%)
	I believe both parties represent Wall Street Power and the 1% - but the Republicans are so batshit crazy, so ideologically extreme about it in addition to their socially reactionary views and their dangerous neoconservative foreign policy that they make the Democrats relatively liberal and progressive in comparison
	4 (50%)
	Malt vinegar is preferable to catsup when serving proper French Fries or chips and mushy peas is a better side dish to fish and chips than cole slaw
	0 (0%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[think]

1. Both suck. One just sucks a lot worse.... /nt

[NaturalHigh]

2. Well I hate malt vinegar AND mushy peas, so there's really only one option for me.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. Close to #3, but not quite.

I would add the changes below

I believe both parties represent Wall Street Power and the 1% - but the Republicans are so batshit crazy, so ideologically extreme about it in addition to their socially reactionary views and their dangerous neoconservative foreign policy that they make the (elected) Democrats seem relatively liberal and progressive in comparison

There are certainly actual liberal and progressive elected Democrats, although not nearly enough, and when you ask the rank and file about all sorts of liberal or progressive ideas, they are far more in agreement with liberal and progressive ideals, but as has been shown in an actual study, elected officials of both parties are almost always more conservative than the people they supposedly represent.

[daleanime]

8. +1

[TheKentuckian]

15. I'll roll with you

[TBF]

21. ^ I go with this answer. nt

[hrmjustin]

4. I believe in the Democratic Party!

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[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

Both parties have to work within a capitalist superstructure that affects every relationship. The Democrats do their best to bend it on behalf of the have nots or have not so muchs, the Republicans not at all.

[Cal Carpenter]

6. No option for other?

I'd much rather stick with cole slaw. Not a fan of mushy peas.

[bigwillq]

7. Both parties generally stink.

And both parties have contributed to this country's decline, imo. I don't think the two-party system works anymore since it's pretty much one-sided against the common American.
I generally support Democratic policies since they align more with my personal views, but I am not a huge fan of the current state of the Democratic party.

[BainsBane]

9. Mushy peas?

British cuisine has evolved so far, and you want to bring it back down to mushy peas?

[on point]

10. The DLC led dem party has become the republican party of yesteryear

The republican party has become the party of John Birchers, Theocrats and loons

There is no democratic party at national level anymore.

[Rex]

11. I believe I can fly

I believe I can touch the sky!

[woo me with science]

12. The differences between the two corporate parties are deliberate.

Both parties are owned by the One Percent, corporate interests. The parties deliberately diverge on social issues that are important to people but which the One Percent could not care less about, in order to blackmail people into voting for the predatory economic, war, and police state agenda that the One Percent DO care about and that the parties deliberately share.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6231259
Yes, that's certainly the Lesser of Two Evils Scam that corporatists in both parties keep using on us.

Red vs. Blue = Oligarchy Theater for the masses.

Mass spying on Americans? Both parties support it.
Handing the internet to corporations? Both parties support it.
Austerity for the masses? Both parties support it.
Cutting social safety nets? Both parties support it.
Corporatists in the cabinet? Both parties support it.
Tolling our interstate highways? Both parties support it.
Corporate education policy? Both parties support it.
Bank bailouts? Both parties support it.
Ignoring the trillions stashed overseas? Both parties support it.
Trans-Pacific Job/Wage Killing Secret Agreement? Both parties support it.
TISA corporate overlord agreement? Both parties support it.
Drilling and fracking? Both parties support it.
Wars on medical marijuana instead of corrupt banks? Both parties support it.
Deregulation of the food industry? Both parties support it.
GMO's? Both parties support it.
Privatization of the TVA? Both parties support it.
Immunity for telecoms? Both parties support it.
"Looking forward" and letting war criminals off the hook? Both parties support it.
Deciding torturers are patriots? Both parties support it.
Militarized police and assaults on protesters? Both parties support it.
Indefinite detention? Both parties support it.
Drone wars and kill lists? Both parties support it.
Targeting of journalists and whistleblowers? Both parties support it.
Private prisons replacing public prisons? Both parties support it.
Unions? Both parties view them with contempt.
Trillion dollar increase in nuclear weapons. Both parties support it.
New war in Iraq. Both parties support it.
New war in Syria. Both parties support it.
Carpet bombing of captive population in Gaza. Both parties support it.
Selling off swaths of the Gulf of Mexico for drilling? Both parties support it.
Drilling along the Atlantic Coast? Both parties support it.


BUT, we are reminded by sneering corporate Democrats, Republicans will do all of this to us, too, PLUS inflict transvaginal ultrasounds!

What a vicious scam by both parties to justify relentless, predatory evil. To demand that we vote for our own sellout and exploitation and the dismantling of our democracy itself.

[MisterP]

20. the differences are there to get people to vote for the similarities ...

[cantbeserious]

26. + 1,000 - Well Said

eom

[Dr Hobbitstein]

13. Pan Seared Salmon

Directions
Preheat a large heavy skillet over medium heat for 3 minutes.
Coat salmon with olive oil. Place in skillet, and increase heat to high. Cook for 3 minutes. Sprinkle with capers, and salt and pepper. ...
Transfer salmon to individual plates, and garnish with lemon slices.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

22. Salmon has never appealed to me.

It's just too strong a taste. I far prefer a good cod or flounder, or tilapia. Orange Roughy was my fave, back before I found out they bottom-trawled for it, destroying the sea-bed ecosystems.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

24. I'm not much into salmon, either.

The other night, I went to Publix to get Tilapia. I ask the fishmonger for a lb of tilapia. It was loud and busy. I turned away while she was packaging it up and didn't bother to check. Got home and realized that she gave me salmon (at salmon prices of course). Apparently, she misheard me. Too late, I thought. I cooked the salmon the way I was gonna do the tilapia. It wasn't terrible, but I'd have rathered tilapia or mahi.

[2naSalit]

14. I don't "believe" or "believe in" anything

However, I do think that both parties are corrupted to the point of a near total collapse of the nation in our near future... that includes more 9/11 type attacks to make sure we still need a "leader" to protect/save us from the consequences of our past actions as a warring nation.

[rogerashton]

16. The democratic party is like getting old.

Makes me sick, causes pains in many body parts, but it still beats the alternative.

[Johonny]

17. The myth push that the 1% is a unified whole and you are powerless against it

gets a little dull after awhile. Pushing helplessness doesn't motivate people to want political change it only motivates people to disengage from the process. Disengaged people lead to elections like last year. I listen and watch enough democrats to know many have solid integrity and care about the Americans that they represent. The most conservative Democratic candidates still seem to care about the process of governance in America.

The Republican party has enough disunity inside which demonstrates that while conservatives in the 1% have major influence on legislators, they clearly all don't want the same thing. What would improve American politics... a Republican party that cares about Governance. Will that happen anytime soon? I don't know. I honestly can't understand how 99.999% of Republicans get elected. They simply have nothing to offer their voters and more to the point do not even act like they want to be in office.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

23. There is no myth that they're a unified whole.

1% is just a convenient rhetorical shorthand, useful in helping to pull together the general public.

[B Calm]

18. Despite republican propaganda, there is a huge difference between parties!

[Bluenorthwest]

19. There is a story about Abe Lincoln being handed a mug of hot beverage in a busy meeting, taking a

sip and saying 'If this is coffee, please bring me some tea. If this is tea, please bring me some coffee'. I think that both hot beverages and political Parties are best when easily distinguished one from the other.

[Douglas Carpenter]

25. anotehr

[rock]

27. Pass - This one time I'll make a comment

When I see a poll and feel like passing I usually hit the x in the little red box that's in the upper right-hand corner of the window.