Pres. Washington warned against political parties. This writer acts as though the Republican Party is more vital than the nation. Hogwash.
He should be researching what is happening to the political parties in the Netherlands. It may enlighten him to see how citizens respond to domestic evil when pushed far enough.
Jefferson put the sword to that idea by figuring out quickly that all he needed to do to build a nationwide very powerful and popular party was get more voters to the polls dedicated to voting for Democratic Republican candidates than the federalists could find.
About 3 elections and he'd erased that particular federalist notion from American politics forever!
The very system of single member districts and first past the post voting REQUIRES the existence of two major polls in politics ~ each dedicated to gaining 50%+1 vote to win!
American electoral politics drive a bipolar party system. Coalitions are formed BEFORE the elections.
For all practical purposes the US and Nederland end up with the exact same sort of politicians ~ thinking the same thoughts, operating the same way.
In less than 100 words what is happening?
This is nonsense. For concerted extremism eating away at the fabric of society look no further than the Democrat party. Theirs is the despotism that needs to be destroyed in the name of human dignity.
The singular reality of the Republican party is its leadership’s insistence on moral compromise at all cost. Its salvation will be the Tea Party, not some prettified version of Chamberlain politics.
Bostonians did cower in their homes. They did forego their right to privacy. They did surrender their civil liberties in the face of an unarmed injured child running from the police.
I am continuously bemused by progressives advising conservatives on how to be conservative. Their advise is always to be more liberal. Why should anything they say be held in any repute other than contempt?