of course.

do we need?

Although I will concede on "crafty smart politician", problem is that's exactly what we don't need and "get things done" is a dream, we'll see even more gridlock then we do now.

be screaming about not supporting the troops in the field. Just be honest with yourself. You don't care about American lives, neither our solders aboard or our own at home, you care about making Hillary president.


Why?

Thank heavens he is able to be seen on RT, because some do not get FSTV. His synopsis on RT at least gets some honesty and integrity into our news. If you would please listen or go to his website, you would get a clear picture of where he stands on issues. By the way, I'm a Tarheel, too, and really don't want to think a fellow North Carolinian and Democrat would form an opinion without being informed.

At the start of the financial crisis, Clinton was advocating for the revival of a New Deal program to help with people under water with their loans, being foreclosed on and cheated out of their homes.

The Home Owners Loan Corporation HOLC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Owners%27_Loan_Corporation

Was a very successful program that save thousands of families. Unfortunately the Obama administration went with bank saving instead of people saving.

The point is if you want to have people who act like FDR then Clinton is one example.

Martin O'Mally. Its like he wasn't even there.

I listen to him often. Go to his website and you'll see.

This is the 2d time I've heard/heard of him giving short shrift to Martin O'Malley.

Thanks for your positive approach.

discussion on important issues. My husband and I have been listening for years now, and you have always spoken truth to power.
I am saddened by some of the rude and ignorant comments, and sad that DU appears to be in turmoil right now.

As you say: "DEMOCRACY IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT, get out there, get active, TAG..you're it!!"

Martin O'Malley.

http://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/o-malley-seeks-to-stand-out-during-keene-stop/article_592d47d7-c1ef-5e5a-bc94-139bd544d9f6.html

WATCH the video interview with Keene Sentinel editorial board, which gave him an opportunity to speak.

I don't see the choice as quite so cut and dried yet. As a current resident of Germany and weekly visitor to Belgium and France, speaking the languages of all three, I can tell you that the implementation of Social Democracy is not without its perils, both for the people ruled and for the system being implemented. All-powerful bureaucrats are just as absolutely corruptible (and corrupting!) as all-powerful industrial magnates.

With warm regards, your friendly author of "The Time Cellar" and lyricist of the "Freedom Toast" political music videos.

You must also agree with Bernie that we need to take away the advantage these financial bribes by the corporations give to incumbent politicians thus creating a more level playing field for incumbents to be challenged by fresh people participating in our political process.

I strongly feel we need to get back to more citizen representation in our government and not just professional politicians.

I live in Germany, where elections are publicly financed. No outside money allowed. By law. That's what we need, too. Not everything works better in Germany, but this does.

I also agree that career politicians are not what we need. Not exclusively, anyway. If we are having our laws made up by people who have spent their entire professional careers in one elective office or another, getting their salaries, their staffs and their travel paid from our tax money instead of ever having had to earn it themselves out there in the real world, they'll never know what it means to us normal mortals who don't have our existence handed to us on a silver spoon. People who vote on what the minimum wage is ought to know what it means to have to try to live on it first.