This is an illuminating read. Exactly my thoughts but let me explain. I have for a long time, felt that the Democratic party and its platforms are empty words used time and again to gain votes of the downtrodden and the poor, of which there are many. Millions. And they have voted time and again for the Democrats. "We'll help you pull yourselves up by your bootstraps," they promised every four years. Come to find out, the poor folks who gave away their votes didn't even have boots to begin with. But they thought they did. I'm not saying become a Republican or an Independent. I'm saying the Democrats need to stop the charade and get real. 

I don't want to hear for the next 50-years the same old same old - you are in charge, the Democrats say. But once in office, the party forgets and we aren't in charge after all - until the next election. 

I expect more than this Democrats. You can fool some of the people but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.