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"Why don't people vote?" Kucinich asked, rhetorically. "It's because they don't think there is much of a difference between the two parties.""
Certainly both parties re similar in superficial ways. They are too dependent on fundraising. They worry too much about protecting incumbans. They both sometimes place party objectives (to stay in/regain power) over actual legislating. They are too cozy with lobbyists.
But to say there is "no difference" is to collossally ignorant of the last 7 years. Al Gore may not be Jesus Christ reborn, but had he been innaugurated in 2001, the country , the economy, the Supreme Court, New Orleans, environmental policy, and the world would look a lot different.
The Supreme Court alone is a *big* difference. Not to mention a little place called Iraq.
Kucinich got it quite wrong. And he simply must start his own party if he feels such disdain for his own.
