Elephants and Asses: Screwing The Masses

Posted by guest blogger "Sayf Maslul"


“Democrats and Republicans were essentially the same party with different faces.” [James Morcan] 

“The Republican and Democratic parties both feed out of the same bag provided by the monied system, and where the list frequently differs the same interests are represented.” [George Seldes] 

“As a lobbyist he had long ago concluded there was no difference in how Democrats and Republicans conducted the business of government. The game stayed the same: It was always about favors and friends, and who controlled the dough. Party labels were merely a way to keep track of the teams; issues were mostly smoke and vaudeville. Nobody believed in anything except hanging on to power, whatever it took. .....” 
[Carl Hiaasen, Sick Puppy] 

“Republican or Democrat, this nation's affluent urban and suburban classes understand their bread is buttered on the corporate side. 

Republicans honestly tell the world: "Listen in on my phone calls, piss-test me until I'm blind, kill and eat all of my neighbors right in front of my eyes, but show me the money! Let me escape with every cent I can kick out of the suckers, the taxpayers, and anybody else I can get a headlock on, legally or otherwise." 

Democrats, stand behind the American brand: imperialism. They "support our troops," though you will be hard put to find any of them who have served alongside them or who would send one of their own kids off to lose an eye or an arm in Iraq. They play the imperial game, maintain their credit ratings, and plan to keep the beach house and the retirement investments if it means sacrificing every damned Lynndie England in West Virginia.” 
[Joe Bageant, Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War]