Did you MISS the whole warfare between Bush and the Senate over judgeships and legislation during the last 18 months? - Southack
"Fundamentally unimportant." - Tuor
On the contrary. You made the demonstrably erroneous claim that the two major parties had joined together to pursue a solitary goal together.
To debunk it, I pointed out that you had clearly missed the outright warfare between Democrats and Republicans. In other words, the two major parties are fighting, not cooperating at every level to pursue a single goal.
Sure, you can pretend to dismiss such huge flaws in your own argument, but you are only fooling yourself and a few of the fringers who have likewise swallowed the "all government is bad all the time" kool aid.
Fundamentally unimportant, indeed...
You.... claim that the two major parties had joined together to pursue a solitary goal together. To debunk it, I pointed out that you had clearly missed the outright warfare between Democrats and Republicans. In other words, the two major parties are fighting, not cooperating at every level to pursue a single goal. Let me offer this illustration for your consideration. We as a people, a nation are on a journey and there is a mountain in our path. Some suggest we climb over, some wish to move around the north side, others the south side and yet others want to tunnel through. We divide into groups over this problem. Throw in personality conflict within the groups over who is to lead each. All told there is a lively democracy going on with real battles over real issues but this has us distracted from the important point that we are being led to the other side of the mountain. What is the other side of the mountain? Socialism. BTW, have you read the Road To Serfdom?
In other words, the two major parties are fighting, not cooperating at every level to pursue a single goal. They don't have to cooperate at every level, they just have to cooperate in the main, which they do. That was my point. There are *cosmetic* differences between the parties, which is how they get people to buy into it, but ultimately they seek the same thing, and appear to have chosen to seek it together (for the moment).
Tuor