Why you should vote Democratic today

Huffington Post
Miles Mogulescu
Don't Even Think About Not Voting Democratic!

In looking through the comments to my recent posts, I have been shocked by the number of comments arguing that there's no difference between Democrats and Republicans, that they are both owned by corporate interests, that the Democratic candidate in their district is a centrist Democrat and they can only support progressive Democrats, that there's just no point in voting.

WAKE UP PEOPLE, WAKE UP TODAY

Yes, the Democrats aren't the perfect progressive party, Democrats are made up of a mix or progressives and centrists, and some Democrats are also too beholden to corporations. It will take many years to create a progressive majority in this country--and Democrats winning this election is the most important first step.

DOES ANYONE STILL THINK THAT IT WAS BETTER THAT GEORGE W. BUSH BECAME PRESIDENT INSTEAD OF AL GORE?
Would Al Gore have invaded Iraq?
Would Al Gore have supported tax cuts for the wealthiest while turning a surplus into a multi-trillion dollar debt?
Would Al Gore have spent 6 years doing nothing about global warming?
Would Al Gore have appointed corporate lobbyists to key sub-cabinet posts to subvert laws that protect consumers, labor and the environment?
Would Al Gore have done nothing to raise the minimum wage?
ANYONE WHO STILL THINKS THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AL GORE AND GEORGE BUSH HAD BETTER WAKE UP RIGHT AWAY.

AND THE SAME GOES FOR ANYONE WHO THINKS THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DEMOCRATIC AND A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS.
A Democratic Congress will immediately raise the minimum wage.
A Democratic Congress will force big pharma to negotiate with the government to lower drug prices.
A Democratic Congress will make college more affordable for the middle class and the poor.
A Democratic Congress, coupled with disgruntled Republicans, will force a change of direction in Iraq.
Congressional Committees will be chaired by Democrats, many of them old line liberals like John Conyers, Henry Waxman and Charlie Rangel. They will take back congressional oversight, holding hearings on subjects like the misuse of pre-war intelligence to get us into Iraq, the war profiteering of treasonous corporations like Haliburton, the general profiteering of the oil companies.
Democrats will be able to get an up and down vote on their bills in Congress.
A Democratic Senate would block the confirmation of far right wing justices.

SO FOR YOU DOUBTERS, EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO HOLD YOUR NOSE, GET YOUR ASS AS FAST AS YOU CAN TO YOUR POLLING BOOTH, VOTE DEMOCRATIC, AND GET EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO DO THE SAME.