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host · 08-31-2008, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by dc_dux

host....do you think a Church Committee-style investigation would demonstrate a commitment by the Democrats to address the abuses of the Constitutional and US and international law by the Bush administration?

I think it would be invaluable and I would even go so far as grant immunity to some of the "lower" players in order to get at the truth.

If the impact (20 months into democratic control of the house....) of the numerous investigations led by Conyers and Waxman, are any indication, _dux, I would have to say, I doubt that a "Church Committee-style investigation", would have any appreciable effect on public opinion.

On a side note.....

If there was a truly beneficial difference between the "two parties" in the struggle over the distribution of power and wealth resulting from the achievements of one party vs. the other, would we see "results", like these?

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naked capitalism: Alan Blinder: "Is History Siding With Obama’s Economic Plan?"

http://www.amazon.com/review/product...owViewpoints=1

The table also shows that families at the 95th percentile fared almost as well under Republican presidents as under Democrats (1.90 percent growth per year, versus 2.12 percent), giving them little stake, economically, in election outcomes. But the stakes were enormous for the less well-to-do. Families at the 20th percentile fared much worse under Republicans than under Democrats (0.43 percent versus 2.64 percent).

If only those running for president who are approved by the wealthiest and most powerful do become the major party nominees, would the results be any different than the ones described above? If the top one percent own 33 percent of total US wealth, do the results of the study described above, show that their wealth has been dimnished by anything happening in the American political system?