You Say You Wanna Revolution
Well don’t ya go carryin’ pictures of Chairman Meow.
Shorter Confluence:
- Write manifesto calling for the overthrow of the Democratic Party to install your preferred candidate:
The problem with Obama and the new Democratic party is that it doesn’t stand for real Democrats. It is yet another strange amalgamation of voters whose self interest was pandered to. In many ways, it is no different than the Republican party of gilded capitalists, religious crazies and neocons. This new Democratic party is made up of young people, libertarians and pretentious status conscious liberals. There is a nasty streak of cynicism in it as well, as if it’s just so outre to consider helping the poor or abiding by any core Democratic principles. The new Democratic party is just too cool for that. They can write some lengthy, detached policy paper about it and pay some lip service but really, the American demographic has evolved and those people on the brink of insolvency, well, they are the Neanderthals that didn’t make the cut. Moving on.
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- Profit.
Seriously, if I thought these folks had some kind of a point I’d politely argue that the grassroots/netroots movement here in Our Fair City is primarily made up of Obama supporters, or, as the PUMA’s prefer, young pretentious status conscious liberals. (At least I get young.)
I’d write something with a little more sympatico, but something tells me that you don’t want to be friends. Maybe could be the manifesto. C’est la vie. Moving on.
