2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: WaPo: Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem. [View all]davidthegnome
(2,983 posts)I think corruption and greed is the problem... and that we do not have enough measures to safe guard against it. It's all but encouraged now, especially since the Citizens United ruling. Our elected officials, both democrat and republican... run on the money machine. A spinning wheel - and they are indeed well balanced runners, like a clever mouse finding it's way through a maze. Unfortunately, nearly all of what they say is scripted, permitted by their corporate owners. All that most of them lack is a price tag they should legally have to wear.
In a choice of the lesser of evils, I'll choose the democrats, but not eagerly and not without a great deal of holding my nose. What is most lacked today in our party leadership is what is most needed... passion and integrity. The same is true on the right.