America has a one party system with delusions that it is two.
Lennie Brenner, after the Johnson administration, wrote a book titled “The Democrat Party, The Lesser Evil.” His thesis was that the DIMMs did not campaign on the idea that their ideas were better than the GOP; rather, vote for us, we DIMMs are not as bad as the Republicans.
He was interviewed on a local talk show. As much as I can remember after 30+ years.
Caller: But the DIMMs are for the poor guy.
Brenner: With the DIMMs in charge, the poor are one nickel richer; with the GOP they are one nickel poorer.
C: But we have two parties.
B: Yeah! The two get elected, get together in DC, and say, “Let’s have a party.”
Brenner strongly argued that there was, effectively, only one party made up of DIMMs and RINOs and the voters were getting taken for a ride. As we look about we realize that some conspiracy theories do have some observable evidence supporting them.
Truth in packaging: Brenner is very, very leftist. His book catalogs the hypocrisy from Jackson to LBJ. An interesting read.