Two Conventions: Profiles in Decadent Cowardliness

• Taking these conventions at face value, one is shocked by how they are scripted right down to every line of every speech vetted by the politicos.
• Corporate bribery and political corruption on display at Republican, Democratic conventions,
• No Debate: How the Republican and Democratic Parties Secretly Control the Presidential Debates
• 12 Steps to Overcoming Addiction to Voting for the "Lesser of 2 Evils"

Ralph Nader, Truthdig

Submitted by Evergreene Digest Contributing Editor Lydia Howell
 
September 12, 2012 | The Republican and Democratic Conventions are mercifully over but their corrosive impacts on our democracy persist.
 
First, did you know that taxpayers helped fund these conventions at a level of $100 million for logistics and police sequestrations of demonstrators in Tampa and Charlotte and an additional $18.2 million each for general convention expenses

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Corporate bribery and political corruption on display at Republican, Democratic conventions, Barry Grey, World Socialist Website

• Away from the minutely scripted and orchestrated proceedings in the convention hall—with all their hokum and stupidity—the serious business of peddling influence and selling votes will take place in what has become known as a “parallel convention.”
• Former GOPer: How Republicans Went Crazy, Dems Lost Their Mojo, and the Middle Class Got Shafted
• 12 Steps to Overcoming Addiction to Voting for the "Lesser of 2 Evils"

No Debate: How the Republican and Democratic Parties Secretly Control the Presidential Debates, Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
You’re not going to see any third party voices in tonight’s debate. The Republican, Democratic parties, who exert near absolute control over these public forums, have determined and made sure that no third party voices are ever seen on the debate stage and can challenge their dominance of our political system.

12 Steps to Overcoming Addiction to Voting for the "Lesser of 2 Evils" Debra Sweet, OpEdNews

• If somebody you love is addicted to the "lesser" of two evils, please refer them to the following 12 step program.
• Step 12: As a result of these steps, you can now carry the message to those who still suffer from an addiction to the Democratic Party. Nothing is as liberating as resisting an evil when you know it's wrong.
• The Left Has Lost It's Nerve and Direction
• The Elections Won't Bring Progressive Change, So What Can?