Reply #14: So, now you know.

[tavalon]

You took the red pill and now you get to see just how far down the rabbit hole really goes.

I am a Democrat (raised by my union grandparents to be so)so I may feel a bit more personal hurt than you do with this. They stole my party right out from under me. My party has the same label and some of the same faces but it is now firmly run by the DLC and my heart is broken and has been since I got my education some 4 years ago. I'm still registered Democrat because in our corrupt two party system, they are the lesser evil, but not by much. And make no mistake, somehow they have become the backbone (or, ironically, the lack of spine) of my Party and have done a really good job fucking it up from within, so much so, that I don't recognize it. Last year, I wanted to stay and try to fix it from within. This year, I just don't know. Had Edwards stayed in or had the now reformed ex DLCer, Al Gore gotten into the race, I would have believed it possible to actually wrest control back from these DINOs. HRC is a card carrying member and in the end, even though I liked some of what she said better than the non-card but water carrying DLCer, BHO, I went for him, but I doubt that much change will happen for if he gets the nomination, it will only be if the kingmakers deem it so. I still believe they will use the superdelegates to put into place the DLC candidate from the beginning - HRC.

If we get HRC, reform from within is really not going to happen. It won't be an eight year descent into madness that this administration has been, but it won't be progressive, even if we hold their feet to the fire. I suspect the same will be able to be said of a BHO administration.

Here's the part where I tell you my wonderful solution for this awful dilemma, alas, I'm flummoxed and more than a little depressed which happens to be an endless spiral that rarely leads to magnificent solutions.