Tonight, by giving the Republicans control of congress, we, the people, have sealed our fate. Outsourcing of jobs overseas will continue unabated; corporations and especially banks will assume greater control over our lives, and the depression will deepen. The Democrats serve the same corporate interests as the Republicans, but the Democrats hid that fact better. And one or two of them were worth a damn, like Russ Feingold, who finds himself without a job now. The dejected left didn't turn out to vote like the outraged and well-funded right did. The first election that was legal to purchase was legally purchased by groups funded by the Koch brothers and Karl Rove.
Expect much of the same that will get worse. Welcome to the next "Great Depression," while the wealthy continue to get wealthier--increasing the income disparity more than any other point in history--and the poor and middle class continue to get poorer. The middle class is all but doomed to disappear soon, anyway. That was by design. The design was very successful and the voters fell for it.
I hope the next election will see many more independent candidates to wrestle away the power from the Republicans. The Democrats have proven ineffectual when they had the opportunity to pull us out of this nosedive. The Republicans will only increase the velocity of the nosedive. It's up to independent and 3rd party candidates to save the day in 2012, though by then, it might be too late.--jef
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