Posted on 07/02/2010 2:07:44 AM PDT by Scanian
Can you name the following party?
After twelve years of seeing their opponents occupy the presidency, they finally captured the White House. Once in office, however, their presidential leader, much to the chagrin of many party regulars, adopted many of the opposition party's policies. In the next open presidential election, this party's candidate lost because of a third-party candidate, who took votes away in a crucial swing state. Shut out of the White House, this party vociferously opposed a controversial war, only to backtrack once the United States military gained control of the field. Finally, in an attempt to regain the presidency, this party nominated a political blank slate with little experience instead of an established elder statesman. Winning the election, the new president quickly implemented policies and decisions that divided the country along partisan lines, rendering him overwhelmingly unpopular to the American public.
What party may claim this legacy?
If you guessed the Democratic Party from 1992 to the present, you'd be right; but if you guessed the Whig Party from 1840 to 1848, you would also be correct. While these similarities may just be coincidental, they share one additional trait that is startling. In dealing with the two major issues of the day, both yesterday's Whigs and today's Democrats created a platform in which the solution to one issue conflicted directly with their solution to the other issue. The history of American political parties shows that a party relying on counterproductive solutions to solve the challenges of governing the country has stood, and will always stand, on shaky ground.
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Great article, Scanian. Thanks.
Glad you liked it. AT is consistently great.
Interesting parallels but the RATS are also following the path of the Bolshevik and Nazi partys too.
Yes, as in “they’ve flipped their wigs” ;-)
Good article. However, the Republicans also have to get their act together or BOTH Parties will become Whigs as the country falls down the rabbit hole of debt, high interest rates, national chaos, and inflation.
bttt
If you stand back from it a bit and squint your eyes, you’ll see something clearly. The only thing that matters is POWER, do ANYTHING to get it, once you have the POWER it what you “said” or “say” is irrelevant.
Are democrats the new Whigs?NO they’re the new REDs.
Democrats are the new Politburo and they are just warming up.
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