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To: Publius

It could be done. Our Constitution doesn’t mention parties, much less sanction them. And the Electoral College system will work just dandy without them.


74 posted on 12/02/2014 4:58:06 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: EternalVigilance
Our Constitution doesn’t mention parties, much less sanction them.

Speaking of political parties, if George Washington said this, apparently he could see fairly far into the future from where he was standing at the time.

Can't say we weren't warned if true...we were warned by the original and still the best:

"Parties will destroy the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion [the committeeman process],
Parties are destructive to the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities,
Parties open the door to foreign influence and corruption, thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another.
Parties serve to organize division,
will ruin public liberty,
stifles, control’s, represses,
foment occasional riots & insurrection,
kindle animosity of one part against another,
puts in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of a party,
agitates the community with ill founded jealousies & false alarms,
works to undermine the Constitution which could not be directly overthrown,
serves to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration,
drives the spirit of revenge
leads to despotism."
"Parties are truly your worst enemy."
~George Washington
Yep, nailed it.

So, now how do you fix it?

122 posted on 12/02/2014 7:16:48 PM PST by GBA (Here in the matrix, life is but a dream.)
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