Sirota 'splains it fer ya

what sirota describes in his daily kos diary articulates precisely what's been churning around in my head for a very long time but hadn't thought through enough to get articulate about it...

The fact that our nation's politics is divided not between Democrats and Republicans but between the People Party and the Money Party is obvious to anyone who looks at the political system honestly (which is to say, not most journalists or Washington political hacks). Calls for "bipartisanship" and faux "centrism" that has nothing to do with the actual center of American public opinion are most often moves to prevent the political debate from analyzing the People vs. Money divide that actually fuels our politics.

he goes on to list those he pegs on one side or the other, or who seem to be leaning one way or another, and then concludes with this...

It will be up to us to support those representing the People Party with everything we've got. At the same time, we as a movement must have the courage to go up against those in the Money Party who are working against us - even if they have a D behind their name. This People Party-Money Party chasm is the one that means the difference not between which lawmakers get which parking spots on Capitol Hill - but between whether the American people get real change or not.

one of the beautiful things about the internet is that we can dig in and see for ourselves who is just going for the bucks and who displays a glimmer of what the term "common good" is really all about... and, i agree with david, just because they have a D behind their name doesn't mean diddly-squat to me... i want people with PRINCIPLES who give a damn about the people of this country, and who will stand up and denounce the criminals who've been running it at the expense of everyone else...

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