After posting, I reread my post and Mr. Anderson’s, and realized we were both saying the same thing.

It was the bit about ‘left’, ‘right’, and ‘center’ in his post that threw me.

In America, the political spectrum runs from a far-right Republican party that has strong fascist tendencies, and a center-right, pro-business Democratic Party.  There is no left, or at the very least you have to go digging to find it.  And there is this myth that the ‘center’ exists somewhere between the two right-wing parties.

Meanwhile, when most Americans are polled on issues, not party stances on issues, but just simply asked about what sort of America they would like to see, it is revealed that most Americans really are to the left of the Democrats.  That’s the real center.

The question is, do you want your political leaders making decisions on what’s best for the country.  Or, just to have them ‘planting land-mines in conservative land.’

The fact that the next poster after that thing’s Sotomeyer is ‘from the left’ reveals the same con.  Both parties concentrate on attacking their opponents.  Everything revolves around that.  From the left, they want to make the conservatives step on land-mines.  From the right, the Presidency of a center-rightist who named Ronald Reagan as his favorite President, is constantly derided as a bunch of out of control leftists.

Most Americans wouldn’t know a leftist if they met one.  They certainly almost never see one on TV, so how would they?  Go read Mr. Dionne’s article on the pick here on Truthdig, and notice how he points out she really isn’t very far left (she got appointed by Bush in this seat, and was approved by the filibuster happy Republicans). 

And the key fact if you watch how this country is run, she is very business friendly.  That’s the one sure given these days, no matter where they stand on abortion or the other issues that get press, any pick is guaranteed to be business friendly. That is never subject to ‘change’.

Meanwhile, while the Democrats want to ‘land-mine’ the Republicans, and Republicans try to pretend that the business friendly Democrats are really some sort of socialists, we see ol’ Larry Summers raking in big consulting payments on one hand while ‘stress-testing’ the same banks with the other.

The whole ‘we hate the other side’ debate is all a big con to make sure you aren’t paying attention to what really matters ... money.  You’ve got less and less, they’ve got more and more.

Sotomayer’s pick is nothing to cheer about, for American’s in the center.

The left and the right continue to focus on ideological battles similar to discussions about how many Demons can dance on the head of a pin.

While the center continues to rot.

The left continues to believe that it does the things it does for the people, the right no longer is impeleed to justify it’s actions - power justifies itself.

Meanwhile in the center the same forses that have gutted this country continue to work their way through every town and city. Both parties have played their part in what is happening now.

Withhout the other party to blame and play off of, our political system would be seen for what it is, a servant of the corporations and furthering their agenda.

Neither party has a firm grip on reality in a political system teetering on the brink of total collapse.

I have no idea what justice Ms. Sotomayor will become but I do know that this was truly a brilliant move by President Obama. He has planted landmines in “conservative-land” and they have already stepped on several.

Wow,  I keep thinking I’ve reached the limit where the Democratic party shills could continue to disgust me, but then something like this comes along.

Gee, nice to know when we elect Democrats, the only thing that’s important in something like a Supreme Court pick is that the pick help Democrats get elected.  Wanna know what’s wrong with the Democrats, well there it is in a nutshell.  The only thing they care about is grabbing power for themselves. 

Look elsewhere on truthdig, and you’ll see a different article point out that Sotomeyer isn’t much of a leftist, and that particularly on business issues, she could be the Chamber of Commerce’s perfect pick.

Hey, gotta keep that corporate money flowing into Democratic party coffers.  And if the price is that workers and consumers keep getting shafted by Supreme Court decisions for a long time to come, well, who cares if it helps the Democrats win the next election.

Wanna know what’s wrong with the Democrats and this country?  Well, there it is in a nutshell.