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Hi, Alex: I concur. In the 1970s, Gore Vidal said that the US had
a one-party system with two right wings. I call in the Party of
Institutionalized Bribery. Whether you vote for the Republican
Party of Institutionalized Bribery or the Democratic Party of
Institutionalized Bribery, if you vote for a candidate with a
campaign budget raised substantially from large "contributors", you
are voting for bribery. I'm through voting for bribery. Spencer
Graves<br>
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On 8/30/2011 9:50 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:alexcathy@aol.com">alexcathy@aol.com</a> wrote:
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cite="mid:8CE35B097AC55A2-1978-16130@Webmail-d102.sysops.aol.com"
type="cite"><font color="black" face="arial" size="2"><font
size="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dear Green
Friends, <br>
<br>
My problem with this kind of analysis (supposedly comes
"from the Left") is the presumption that Mr. Obama and the
Democrats do what they do because the "Tea Party" or the
Republicans or "Wall Street" or "racists" make them do what
they would otherwise not do. <br>
<br>
I used to think that. No more. In 2008, Obama, himself,
proved that you could raise plenty of money with small to
mid-sized donations. In 2012 he'll have the advantage of
being an incumbent president running against a GOP plainly
being run by idiots. <br>
<br>
No! No! No! <br>
<br>
Obama and his boys do what they do because they believe in
"trickle-down" economics no less than the Republicans.
Ralph Nader, for one, has painstakingly been documenting
this now for more than a decade. I mean, look at Jerry
Brown, Diane Feinstein and the Democrats right here in
California. Except for the "culture war" and "social
issues" there really is no significant difference between
them. And I say this as an African-American who loathes
Republican so-called conservatives for forty years of
race-baiting. But I know what I've seen, including what
I've seen from Black and Latino Democrats in 4 states and
the District of Columbia. <br>
<br>
</font></font><font size="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif">Clinton, Gore, Lieberman, Clinton, Edwards, and
Obama! My friends, this is not your mother's Democratic
Party. </font></font><font size="2"><font face="Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
<br>
<br>
Alex Walker <br>
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Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Technology Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
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