The result of these developments is an oligarchy of private capital the enormous power of which cannot be effectively checked even by a democratically organized political society... the representatives of the people do not in fact sufficiently protect the interests of the underprivileged sections of the population. Moreover, under existing conditions, private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information (press, radio, education). It is thus extremely difficult, and indeed in most cases quite impossible, for the individual citizen to come to objective conclusions and to make intelligent use of his political rights. -- Albert Einstein, 1949

Another comment from a person who's certainly never called the Customer Support Line for a For-Profit Insurance company. Good luck with that.

You've never heard that phrase before?

The best way to grow the Democratic Party would be to pass the Employee Free Choice Act and real health care reform.

The best way to destroy the Democratic Party is to pass a piece of shit bill that subsidizes insurance companies out of the pockets of people barely making ends meet; providing them with plans that will still bankrupt them if they actually need to see a doctor.

In my view if the Democratic Party cannot see these truths it really does deserve to die.