ktc,
re: "The helpless and hopeless Democrats (liberals or your hated progressives) who are very nicey-nice, tiny-brained wingers marching in lock-step without a clue, and filthy neocon scumbags who are actually running the show. These appear to be the primary political players."
I'm not sure why, but in this decent description you've provided of Democrats and their Masters, you've missed the nearly identical descriptions you could have given of Republicans and THEIR Masters - who I believe to actually be the same Masters as in your paragraph.
Perhaps you were testing me?