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Dhalgren

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Wed May-09-07 10:05 AM
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10. To paraphrase Neil Young:

The Democrats are showing a "kinder, gentler machine-gun hand"...

When the Democrats in congress started equivocating on forcing a showdown with Bush on the Iraqi occupation, I knew we had been had. I think that the problem is that most of the anti-war activists and supporters are anti-war first and Democrats second. The anti-war voters were fooled into thinking that the Democrats would end the occupation. The Democrats may end it, eventually, but only after using it to their fullest benefit, and then only if it is politically expedient. That is the nature of American politics, today - Party first, country second...

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