The tea party is becoming the most influencial force in American politics because [View All]

[scentopine]

republicans aren't yelling at them to shut the fuck up.

To be fair, the democratic party is also shaped by a variety of influential voices:

- centrist ones explaining that torture is best decriminalized in order to move forward.

- pragmatic ones arguing that execution is OK even if guilt cannot be definitively established.

- sensible ones supporting bank deregulation and granting amnesty for Wall Street crimes.

- realistic ones who claim outsourcing millions of jobs to India and China is good for the economy.

- practical ones bravely proposing cuts to social security and medicare, while increasing retirement age

- empirical ones with blind faith in deep water drilling, fracking and nuclear power

- rational ones at peace with our three giant military campaigns, ready to rescue any oil rich region of the world.

- reasonable ones who believe PhRMA, GE, Microsoft and Citibank executives are the best qualified to advise on public health, jobs, education and economic policy.

- logical ones defending tax cuts, tax credits and tax rebates for corporations whose tax burden is at a historic low.

- moderate ones who argue that we can pollute our way out of a bad economy.

- analytical ones who know the mortgage crisis is caused by irresponsible home owners

While the tea party and republicans are yelling orders at Congress and the White House to move right, centrist democrats are telling liberals to shut the fuck up.

Bi-partisanship can best be described as both parties working together to eliminate any political opposition, one liberal at a time.

By denying liberals the policy input they deserve, democratic leadership is giving a giant screw you to a few million more votes from people who would otherwise stay home out of frustration and disgust.

That isn't sensible, it's stupid.