Here is where I stand, sir. This country is beyond redemption; if what passes for Americans will elect a man like Obama, there is no hope for their future. So, I am not looking to win any elections since the electorate has lost any semblance of traditional beliefs.
I will take comfort in being among those with whom I share common, traditional American beliefs.
If it pleases you to settle for an occasional victory which means nothing in terms of the country’s direction, good. You should know that things will never be what once were. Some people are willing to settle for very little, and you are one of them.
P,S, I could not help but notice your sadness is having to live under a two-party system “with no opportunity for coalition government.” My goodness, I bet you would be happy in Canada or Europe, where there is coalition government and they all vie for being able to run the welfare state.
I am sad about that, yes. Brilliant as our founders were, I wonder sometimes if the way our system was set up wasn't a mistake. It produced a 2 party system almost immediately, and I have some issues with it. For one thing, I WANT to be able to belong to a party that where I share a closer bond and a more specific set of common interests. The problem is, with no coalition government possible, I am stuck having to share a big tent in the right of center party instead of a true conservative party.
This country is beyond redemption; if what passes for Americans will elect a man like Obama, there is no hope for their future.
I am pessimistic, but you've completely given up. If you're certain it's all over then sure, join some dead end 3rd party since you don't think it matters anyway.
You should know that things will never be what once were.
Times change. But perhaps you should take a moment to remember the fact that the American public voted for FDR 4 times. FOUR times. And the war is no excuse since they voted for him 3 times before we were in WW2. Obama is awful, but FDR was in a league all his own when it came to leftwing economic populism. FDR transformed this country for generations, yet for some reason the people that put him office over and over again are given a pass by many conservatives. Not everything in the old "traditional values" days was so peachy keen. FDR was very much like Hugo Chavez in many ways, yet a public that many believe was so much better back then elected him over and over.