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For those who believe in American Exceptionalism and in America as being the world's greatest democracy, how can that be the case when so many other countries have greater democratic participation than America?

I spend a lot of time at whack-a-troll at but one does get a little weary of all the Barack Obama naysayers..so every now and then I like to remind myself (and others) of why I continue to support him.

    Every single Republican Senator voted to allow billionaires to continue buying their votes! "Koch Brothers Win Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a constitutional amendment that would have restored limits on big money in politics and overturned the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens...

What do you suppose he is hiding? Why is all the information about him classified? Was he treated differently than other POW's? Why is he such a "hawk"?

John Boehner has had one goal during his Speakership: Keep the Speaker's Gavel. That's it. So he did what he had to do to get past last week's Immigration Crisis vote to avoid a vote of confidence on his Speakership.

  Have you noticed that the people who rant about the size of our government are from States that receive the most assistance from the government? http://247wallst.com/special-report/2012/08/03/states-that-get-the-most-federal-money/2/ http://247wallst.com/special-report/2012/08/03/states-that-get-the-most-federal-money/3/   "No state in the U.S. received more money per person from the federal government than...

The automatic impeachment declaration uses blank lines in the areas where charges against a future Democratic President should appear, and terms like "Enter Scandal Here", "List Connections to Terrorists" and "Fill In Traitorous Act" are placed beneath the blanks, in parentheses.

There is a lot of federal money that is supposed to go to the States highway funds to repair roads and bridges. The Tea Party controlled House has held up those monies.

We are “responsible for the greatest trust ever confided to a political society.” (Patrick Henry) But as polling demonstrates the American Public has shirked its responsibility in failing to be the informed electorate that John Adams believed was the foundation of any democracy.

If you want to correct the error Matthews and so many other people have been making for years now, you will have to stop talking policy and start explaining strategy and the way our democracy functions.