The Dems are just as full of shit as everyone else.

From all the way before Tokyo Rose to the recent scandal in Tennessee that made people second guess their state level Dem choices, Democrats have continually let down their constituency. You are misguided in your belief that the Dems hold the key because they have soundbites that appeal to you more. A small movement in Brooklyn is a start but don't kid yourself that the Dems don't cover up and turn the other check for their own, unless perhaps they are gay (see Harold Ford, Jr., the black man that says it is indeed true that not everyone is equal. Jim Crow for gays, anyone?). The goal of any political power is just that: power. And that need for power makes them behave conservatively on issues where they should be standing up in progressive angst, like voting "no" for the war, Mr. Kerry---now tell me no Dems are making money off of that---gay rights, unjust drug laws, etc. So the Dems are wrong in many ways. Both they and the Republicans are in it for the money. And also look at the greedy, RICH Hollywood fakes that follow the Dems from photo-op to photo-op acting like they are in it for the people yet hold the same idealogy as many Republicans do about class and elitism (This makes me think of a story about Tipper Gore being limo-ed to a poor part of the country to show how she was working to make it a cleaner place. Her assistant handed her the shovel when she exited the limo because you wouldn't want to make such luxury so dirty, you know. I believe Al was having lunch with Barbara Streisand and Michael Moore that day, but between the two of them, he couldn't get a word or a bite in edgewise.) No, a few photo- ops in a poor part of town do not a progressive make.

JJ's idea about moving away from these parties into a more honest and open forum is a much needed one. I loathe them all.