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Politics : Bush-The Mastermind behind 9/11? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sea_urchin who wrote (11472)	8/22/2005 8:21:21 AM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20039

No, the Democrats really aren't that much better than Republicans in the grand scheme of things. The Democrats are essentially a Republican-lite big business weathy-elite party as well. The Democrats overall support the same profit-first policy objectives as the Republicans, as the Democrat's support for the Iraq war demonstrates. Lest we forget it was the Democratic party, and a more liberal incarnation at that, which entangled the U.S. in the Viet Nam debacle. This is especially true in more recent years. In generations past, the Democrats were more of a social-justice based party, pushing through America's only progressive legislation such as labor reforms, civil rights and environmental protections. But, those times have long since passed. The last social justice reform the Democrats have prevailed on is the Family Medical Leave Act of 1994 (over a decade ago). Even though they are out of power, it seems as if they've pretty much given up on their social-justice legacy and become more of a corporate based party. There's no way the Republicans would get away with some of their more regressive policies if the Democrats really were fighting for social-justice these days. I'd say there is no comparission between the U.S. Democratic party of 2005 and Democratic Socialism parties in Western Europe and other parts of the world that have established and maintained generous welfare states, including universal healthcare. Perhaps we'll get an oppotunity to see what the modern Democratic party is made of, as it seems possible that they will retake control of the U.S. House of Representatives in next year's election. Things are not looking good for Bush and the Republicans for 2006. 2008 looks even worse. If a Presidential election were held today, it appears that the Republicans would lose OH and MO, two key MidWestern states. It would be pretty much impossible for the Rs to win the White House in 2008 without these key states.