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WHY DID SARAH PALIN RESIGN?
THE FREEDOM POST ^ | July 4, 2009 | TheCapitalist

Posted on 07/04/2009 4:35:55 PM PDT by TheFreedomPoster

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To: ManLaws
My point was that nobody knows exactly what Sarah is doing right now, including YOU.

And my point is that you are wrong. I'm glad we've cleared this up.
41 posted on 07/04/2009 8:41:08 PM PDT by Terpfen (Ain't over yet, folks. Those 2004 Senate gains are up for grabs in 2 years.)
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To: Tublecane
I agree, except political parties are masters of combining diverse views under one tent, especially in the age of “identity politics”.

And third parties, being small organizations that are usually without politically-astute organizers, lack the ability to rally large numbers of people around a multitude of issues. That's why they never go anywhere: none of them can operate the necessary grassroots campaigns.

This is also why third parties generally galvanize around one issue: they lack the resources to do anything else. The Reform Party got off the ground for a short while because Ross Perot could bankroll everything himself, but it never developed an identity and it collapsed shortly after he left. The money got cut off and a bunch of idiots ran the show.

This is why I say the best a third party can hope to do is influence one of the two major parties' platforms on one issue: because, historically, it's all they've been able to do.
42 posted on 07/04/2009 8:45:28 PM PDT by Terpfen (Ain't over yet, folks. Those 2004 Senate gains are up for grabs in 2 years.)
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To: Terpfen

“and my point is that you are wrong”

Wrong about what? Saying I don’t know all the details behind her decision? That I don’t know her next move? How is that “wrong”?

I bet you won a lot of arguments…in middle school. Try acting like an adult.


43 posted on 07/05/2009 7:54:42 AM PDT by ManLaws
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