All this nagging, harping and blame laying does no good for our republic.  We all know (or should) that grampa Kennedy was into rum running. We all know (or should) that grampa Bush helped finance the Nazi party during WWII.  We all know that John McCain was subjected to much harsher treatment in the Hanoi Hilton than any of the prisoners of Guantanamo (at least we should hope that to be the case). The simple fact is that we citizens of the good ol' U.S.of A. have had the blinders slapped on our heads by both partys for  a couple of generations now.  Yeah, I remember the bad Ol' Nixon days, and now the major felon in that Watergate trial is a ballyhoo'ed conservative talk show host. Sure I remember those great Clinton years when our economy was in an upswing.  I remember at that time  getting out of the low paying service industry jobs and into a higher paying manufacturing job where I actually had health benefits.  But then came NAFTA and the majority of the machines that I used in my position were sent to Mexico and the company told me that my high pay training and supervisory position was being sent along with them. So much for the 'Golden Clinton era'. I remember going back to College after nearly thirty years to get a degree in Human Resources hoping that I could help other similarly displaced workers only to find that human resources was simply a fancy way to explain treating the worker the same as the broom purchased to sweep floors, usable and expendable.
So now here I sit, self employed, in the service industry not being able to pay myself let alone anyone else because of cost of the fuel it takes to drive,(mass transit is not an option as the local bus system only serves a small percentage of the territory that I work).
We need a change ladies and gentlemen and I don't mean a simple change of parties we need a major change in those at the top!  RNC or DNC it matters little, those who hold power in both are beholding to others than the electorate. It's time to re-instate the draft!
I would postulate that the only way we the citizens will be able to completely wrest the power away from corporate interests (who was it that sits or sat on the board of WalMart?) is to state in no uncertain terms that We The People are the are the ONLY base of power that matters.  The only way I see that as happening is if all the delegates to the Democrat Party Convention were to stand up and say NO MORE! to the politics of the past and demand that those who ran for president be willing to assume the positions that We The People want them to assume.
1) President: Barak Obama (keep in mind that I am very tempted to vote for Ron Paul as a write in and will if Hillary manages to steal the nomination, I am not what you would call a 'Liberal' even though I consider myself a progressive, a Liberaltarian if you will and I am not a lone voice in the wilderness). President Obama would present an entirely new face of the USA to the world, something we desperately need.
2) Hillary Clinton for VP.  Although I have a deep mistrust I also have a deep admiration for her abilities and can think of no one better suited to bring the 'Dark Force' of the current VP office into the light for the good of the people.
3) John Edwards as AG. In spite of his $400.00 (spread the wealth) haircuts here is a man who is not afraid to stand up to the corporate powers that be.
4) Chris Dodd as Sec. of State
5) Joe Biden as Sec. of Defense
6) Dennis Kucinich, Homeland Security(which includes FEMA and HUD)
7) Mike Gravel, Interior
8) Ron Paul,  DEA
9) John Mc Cain, UN Ambassador
10) Robert Reich Sec. of Treasury
The list could go on: It's not as if our country were devoid of the talent necessary to get the job(s) done it's just that those making the power choices are not acting in the best interest of the nation as a whole and are assuming that the only thing the citizens care about are our own little special interests.
I can tell you as a Liberaltarian e.g. independent & critical thinking citizen who talks to the 'common citizen' on a daily basis that the only thing we currently perceive as having in common with each other is the confusion over what is going on with our currently terminal system of politics.
LET'S DRAFT THE RASCALS!!!
It's time to rein in those who would turn our military into mercenaries and draft Eric Prince and his cohorts into the military and pay them the same that we would pay our honorably serving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen.
Once that is done we then can set up the necessary legal actions to indict and convict the current administrations operative for their treasonable behavior while in office. Sorry for my longwindedness but I'm mad as hell and tired of taking it with a smile and whisper.