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Vanity: The tale of two parties

Posted on 02/13/2007 3:02:27 PM PST by Jim Robinson

We have two major political parties in America. One is pro abortion, pro gay rights, anti first amendment, pro gun control, pro big government, pro big spending, pro illegal immigrant, pro environmentalism, pro United Nations, anti war.

The other is or is quickly becoming pro abortion, pro gay rights, anti first amendment, pro gun control, pro big government, pro big spending, pro illegal immigrant, pro environmentalism, pro United Nations, fading quickly on the war.

Huh?


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To: EternalVigilance
Rudy's candidacy is just the latest opportunity for them to exercise their anti-conservative agenda.

I agree.

201 posted on 02/14/2007 3:58:40 PM PST by processing please hold (Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
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To: onyx

Unfortunately I expect that on Feb 5, 2008 it will be all over, one way or the other.


202 posted on 02/14/2007 4:09:16 PM PST by NathanR (Après moi, le deluge.)
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To: Vicomte13

Wow..just wow. Marking this post for posterity! Excellent!


203 posted on 02/14/2007 4:38:19 PM PST by Chani (Happy cows make good cheese.)
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To: Chani

Sorry, it's been a day. Which one?


204 posted on 02/14/2007 5:02:09 PM PST by Vicomte13 (Et alors?)
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To: Howlin

I've never seen so many grown men cry like women to the forum boss whining "Mommy, mommy, help. They like a Republican I don't like."


205 posted on 02/14/2007 5:13:30 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they captured or killed.)
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To: SeaBiscuit
Most electable?? Yeah I don't get that..what good is having someone run if they don't stand for anything other than maybe they will be strong on terrorism?

To me, when Republicanoriented voters us the word "unelectable", they are actually saying "conservatism doesn't measure up to liberalism,".

206 posted on 02/14/2007 5:42:49 PM PST by kerryusama04 (Isa 8:20, Eze 22:26)
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To: kerryusama04

"conservatism" ..shhhh, that seems to be a bad word here lately. /s


207 posted on 02/14/2007 6:58:58 PM PST by SeaBiscuit (God Bless America and All who protect and preserve this Great Nation.)
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To: familyop
So they're going to start intra-breeding to keep both parties the same? LOL!

isn't that what royalty does? ;-)

208 posted on 02/14/2007 7:03:32 PM PST by Chani (Happy cows make good cheese.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Unfortunately, that's how two-party systems work. On the classic left-to-right political spectrum, Americans fall along something pretty close to the classic bell curve. So both parties are scrambling for the middle, because that's where the votes are.

Every so often, a third party -- like the Progressives or the Perotistas -- rises to take on issues that people care about but the two parties have neglected. One party or the other usually absorbs those issues. In multi-party parliamentary democracies, governments are usually formed by coalitions of parties; in two-party democracies, each party is in itself a coalition.

If Conservatives are dissatisfied with the Republicans, the solution might be to mount a third-party challenge. Oh, have no delusions about winning any elections -- George Wallace came closer than anyone in recent history, and he didn't come close. But a third-party run can be a mechanism to get issues taken seriously by one major party or the other. But there's no instant gratification to be had.


209 posted on 02/14/2007 7:15:10 PM PST by ReignOfError (`)
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To: kerryusama04
To me, when Republicanoriented voters us the word "unelectable", they are actually saying "conservatism doesn't measure up to liberalism,".

To me, the speaker of such a term here means "I am a sissy, and not willing to stand up for my principles." or they never knew what those principles should be.

210 posted on 02/14/2007 7:24:04 PM PST by Fierce Allegiance ("Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors." GOHUNTER08!)
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