Sorry, Hillary!

Beth,

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I'm totally with you there. I just get stomach pains everytime I hear or see a Democrat repeating a Republican talking point or positioning to be like a moderate because of what a consultant says, or what the polls say.

I was at an event recently and heard someone say (about the Governor's race), "We don't want to change horses in mid-stream." I was outraged because an election allows the public the chance to change leadership when unhappy and this shouldn't be compared to a horse race, but that's what it's become - a horse race between candidates and the corporations making the decision with their bucks supporting the best toothpaste (candidate).

The public interest isn't a consideration anymore, because of the big money in politics. If you don't like the so-called horse, then get rid of the b*st*rd! A term expires when it expires, and mid-stream is not the end of the first term. This is republican BS that gets too much lip service.

It especially worries me that our elected democratic legislators aren't clued in to how fanatical this party has become and administration is. I cringe that they are trying to negotiate or compromise with an illegitimate regime that repeatedly lies and has no credibility, only wanting to tear apart our democratic system of checks and balances to replace it with corporate feudalism.

Things will only change when the Democrats stand up for the people and stop worrying about their poll numbers.

Elizabeth