If the UKIP can be successful in the UK, then we should stop playing novice and form the Tea Party into a real political party.
We are guilty of doing the same thing over and over, and you know that old saw.
The difference could be that the UK is in much worse shape than we are as far as civil liberties, immigration policies, multiculturalism, etc.
I suspect that many Britons are now living in fear of what is to come to them in the form of terrorism as a result of their past policies.
We apparently have not yet reached the point that our average citizen understands what awaits them.
It is time for the Tea Party to be a real party.
“If the UKIP can be successful in the UK, then we should stop playing novice and form the Tea Party into a real political party.”
Hitchen’s key point -that the establishment of either major party (both here and in Britain) is concerned only in maintaining power and individual perks - is spot on.
The key difference between us and the Brits is that they have a parliamentary system, in which it’s much easier to establish a third party. In the Brit system, a third party (like UKIP) can start out small and still have some legislative clout.
Not so here. Our real problem is that voting third party (whether it’s the current Libertarians or a future Tea Party) generally tends only to play into the hands of the Democrats.
My personal philosophy has always been to do what I can to make sure the Democrat doesn’t get into office. Many - perhaps most - Republicans are bad, but there are at least some who are reliable conservatives. But every single last Democrat is a scum enabler of an organized criminal enterprise.
After Cochran and Mississippi, my inclination to cut marginal Republicans some slack is sorely strained. I still hate to do anything to make it easier for donkeys to solidify their power, which they surely will do using the Chicago model. But I’m at a loss to see how we institutionalize traditional conservative principals without voting for squish Republicans or throwing away votes on non-viable third party candidates so as to throw elections to hopelessly corrupt Democrats.
If anybody’s got a workable strategy, I’m all ears.