Corporate Whore Democrats

Throughout much of the late 19th and early 20th century the Democratic Party was adrift. The GOP had managed to run out the reform minded candidates who followed in Roosevelt's wake, like LaFollette, and turned the party over to Midwestern and Western Oligarchs who favored the interest of big business over reform.

The Democrats meanwhile, turned away from the progressive movement spearheaded by Byran. They allowed themselves to be split over two issues, prohibition and corporate me-tooism. The GOP avoided the prohibition issue, but was unabashedly pro-business. The GOP was unified, the Democrats were not.

So it is in the usual course of things. Look at the history of the two party system and the Democrats generally win only when the GOP manages to have a civil war (a rarity but a doozy when it happens) or manages to completely fuck things up. If the two parties were ever unified and in harmony with each other the Dems would usually win. But as Democratic Unity is a hypothetical only and has never been a reality that is just supposition.

In 1924, the Democrats were hopelessly split as they were divided all over the place. Wets versus Drys, bigots versus non-bigots (the Klan was big then), Populists versus Corporatists. After many ballots they eventually nominated a Wall Street Lawyer John Davis. Davis naturally was completely ass-whupped by a the Party to whom corporatism came naturally Calvin Coolidge.

I spend most of my snark time bashing the GOP. But the Bankruptcy Bill looks like it will pass, with the following Senators joining the GOP in passing closure on debate of it. We have the following descendant's of John W. Davis, none of whom will EVER be President.

Biden (D-DE), Yea
Byrd (D-WV), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lieberman (D-CT), Yea
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Salazar (D-CO), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea

All bought and paid for by the Credit industry.

If you cannot be for the "common people" on issues like bankruptcy and poverty, why the fuck do you call yourself a Democrat? It is a betrayal of the people.

The saving grace, I guess, is that 1924 was followed by 1932. If the coming of a Depression can ever be called a "good thing".

UPDATE:

I really cannot emphasize enough how much of a betrayal this is to the middle and lower classes by these fourteen.

One of these folks is almost certainly running in 2008, Joseph Biden and others may too, like Lieberman.

Nobody who voted for this and supports this piece of shit bill should EVER be a Democratic Presidential Contender. Even Evan Bayh (certainly with an eye on 2008) voted against Cloture.

Biden should have this shoved down his throat from now until doomsday whenever anyone has a chance to do so.