Letting The Neocons Lead...

[Tracy Riddle]

The real problem is that on economic, foreign policy and environmental issues, the two parties are in bed with Wall St, big polluters and the military-industrial complex. This is why the wars continue, why the banks are bailed out, why the surveillance state grows, why no one goes to prison anymore for looting and defrauding the country or committing outright treason.

IMO, it's worse than what you say. My argument is that every facet of government has been under assault by factions practicing tradecraft, bribery, blackmail, threats, mind control of one kind or another, and even murder to move and therefore control the political spectrum. What social scientists might study as "politics" is in fact a Potemkin village. I don't bother getting upset about Obama any more. Personally, I think he is at this time realizing that just living out his term is his endgame.

You're basically right. I try to tone down my explanations for audiences that are still caught up in the Democrat/Republican paradigm so they don't completely stop listening.