Posted on 07/29/2004 10:16:29 AM PDT by Willie Green
When John Kerry speaks tonight, he may promise, again, to cut corporate taxes and increase the size of the military by 40,000 persons. Both ideas are sensible -- and tactical. They are supposed to blunt Republican charges that he stands on one side of a vast ideological chasm separating the parties. Democrats make similar, and similarly silly, charges about this election as the hinge on which American and world history will turn.
What is strange about politics today is not just that it is so passionate -- particularly on the part of Democrats unhinged by their loathing of George W. Bush -- but that the passions seem displaced. They are not merely disproportionate to the parties' policy differences, they seem almost unrelated to those differences.
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
Yea, that's the ticket. We need another Ross Perot. -Another populist no nothing.
T.V. control........ever see the 'Jerry Springer'.....show/noise?
/sarcasm
(In place of Munich is JS activism?)
"no" nothing???
That'd be Dubya, wouldn't it?
He hasn't bothered to use his veto even once.
Simply rubber stamps approval of anything Congress sends him.
I made a grammitical error. Is that the issue?
Walt Brown and Mary Alice Herbert are running on the Socialist Party ticket. Perhaps you can discuss the benefits of a light rail system with them.
Righto. There was about zilch difference between Clinton and Dole then Bush and Gore on foreign policy and job exporting. Foreign policy was off the table during the 2000 debates. Bush and Gore talked about spending the government surplus for as far as their eye could see.
Foreign policy discussion could have prevented 9/11. As Gov Kean pointed out only one question was asked about terrorism. It is timely again to prevent WW III/IV.
America has to discuss why our military is the world's Robo Cop, duped into war with faulty intelligence.
No, I was able to salvage it and get you back on topic.
Like you would know a topic other than "Bash Bush"
It took Mort a year to clean out the Ross Perot culture And turn around a failing company. Ross is a mean person who was happy when employees said about a person who made a mistake- "Shot the *&^%$* and drag their body around the parking lot as an example to our employees." Yes Ross is a great example.
Unlike your commentary, my original criticism was directed at BOTH Rebuplicrat candidates.
This is a very perceptive article by George Will. I would have to disagree with half of his premise, though. While it is certainly true that liberals (actually leftists) control the Democrats and have purged all genuinely centrist and conservative elements (like the "Scoop" Jackson wing of 25 years ago), the Republicans have plenty of liberals in their ranks. The main reason the 'revolution of 1994' - was destroyed has to do with the quislings who side with the Dems all the time. The liberals have been in control the Republican party since the inglorious one-term reign of the ultimate empty suit, George Herbert Walker Bush.
Both parties now serve the agenda of a powerful ruling elite. Any real differences between the two are merely reflective of differences between factions of the elite (Kerry / Soros-Hollywood vs. Bush / Halliburton). The leadership of both parties are profoundly globalist and work to undermine the constitution and US sovereignty. The only saving grace for the Republicans are the fact that there is still a conservative element in the party. Disorganized and marginalized as it is, the conservative wing still shows some real strength from time to time, as it did in 1994. A Reaganesque leader with a real vision is what is needed.
Three little words: Supreme Court appointments.
Right you are, sir. I think the Republican party at the local level is still fairly conservative, only largely ignorant of some very critical facts. Problem is; we rarely get conservative canditates and issues past the county level.
The constant reinforcement of "only two parties exist" mentality has virtually assured us that any third party candidate will not receive popular support.
So we find ourselves working within the Republican Party at the local level, trying our damnedest to promote conservative ideals and candidates to people who are getting their "news and information" from the managed media.
While your idea of "A Reaganesque leader with a real vision is what is needed." might work to energize conservative citizens, it doesn't solve the problem long-term. What we really need to do, is succeed in educating our fellow citizens of the facts. An arduous task, to be sure, but a very important one.
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