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What continues to confuse me is why the GOP does not openly condemn Bush and his 8 years of horrendous leadership...
I suppose that some will wonder why the Democratic Party won't openly condemn Obama after his term of horrendous leadership as President.
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They'll ( the GOP ) NEVER get traction with the young and moderates and independents without a profound apology for their complicity in the Bush regime...
I suppose you'd have to point to indisputable complicity before demanding an apology for it.
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Eventually they ( the GOP ) will have to come clean - or they will just slowly shrink into a truly regional party.
Just because Barack is popular, doesn't mean that the Democratic Party isn't guilty of a lot of bad governance.
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I wonder what 3rd party will emerge to fill the void that they leave behind?
I don't know, but, you can rest assured that by whatever name or label, there will still be opposition to what the Democratic Party believes in and does in practice.
I suppose that some will wonder why the Democratic Party won't openly condemn Obama after his term of horrendous leadership as President.
I suppose you'd have to point to indisputable complicity before demanding an apology for it.
Just because Barack is popular, doesn't mean that the Democratic Party isn't guilty of a lot of bad governance.
I don't know, but, you can rest assured that by whatever name or label, there will still be opposition to what the Democratic Party believes in and does in practice.
Your comments do not deflect the validity of what HubbleRules says.
The GOP is a burning wreck right now... and Obama IS popular with the American public.
I personally wouldn't care if the Republican Party died. I wouldn't care if folks were no longer called "Republicans".
But, there would still be opposition to the Democratic Party because of certain ideals.
Are you saying that there should be no differences of opinion with the Democratic Party? Not to be questioned by anybody?
Nope - that's not remotely what I am saying...
I AM saying however that the current Republican Party are 100% unconditionally opposed to everything that Obama is proposing to do...
Given this - they serve NO USEFUL PURPOSE other than to obstruct and fight progress...
I do believe that a credible 3rd party will eventually emerge to fill the void that the Republicans are creating - and that this new party will be an effective check against whoever is in the majority or whoever controls the White House.
Not sure if it will be the Libertarians - or some entirely new party that has yet to be forned...
I do believe that a credible 3rd party will eventually emerge to fill the void that the Republicans are creating - and that this new party will be an effective check against whoever is in the majority or whoever controls the White House.
Not sure if it will be the Libertarians - or some entirely new party that has yet to be forned...
If this new party directly opposes the ideals of the Democratic Party, will you hate their guts?
If the Republicans nominate Palin in 2012, they'll only get 30% of the national vote and will melt into history like the Whigs.
I'm curious as to why you say this? Based on what? You must have some reason for thinking that.
In my opinion, there may be a better conservative to run; but is this the problem you see with Palin? Too conservative? If that's what you are saying, I say your wrong. The reason the Republicans have been losing is that they have left their conservative principles.
Consider that when Palin was campaigning for McCain, she drew huge crowds; far bigger than McCain had been drawing, and donations began to increase dramatically. People loved her, and the Party was energized in a way that it hadn't been for years.
I wouldn't even dare to pull the "stupidity" or "bimbo" argument; look at Obama. Nothing Sarah Palin has ever said has come close to some of the stupid statements of the One who sits in the Oval office today. And a lot of what she was supposed to have said, she didn't, or it was something out of context. Speech patterns and accent? Look at Obama. He says "ta" when he means "to", and inserts "ahhhhh" about every third word. So forget criticism of Palin's speech.
If this new party directly opposes the ideals of the Democratic Party, will you hate their guts?
No - will you???
I hate the Republicans because they betrayed their conservative principles, and sold a rotten bill of goods (trickle down economics) to the American public when all they really stood for was further enrichment of the wealthy. They did tremendous damage to our economy and standard of living that will take a decade or more to recover from... And they got us into absolutely needless and extremely costly wars ON FALSE PRETENSES...
I'd hate ANY party that does to America what they did...
Democrats encouraged 3rd party candidacies in the 1960s, and did so with great success. The result? Using their $$ and influence to strike them down, since they had effectively split the Republican party. A sleazy tactic, IMO.
In 1992 came the first real chance for an Independent to win (Perot), but sure enough the Democrats and Republicans blackmailed him into quitting the race temporarily, killing his chances. He still managed 19% of the popular vote. Clinton only had 43% which is not even a majority . Perot was down from Gallup's recorded 60% prior to the drop out, and his message was similar to that of Ron Paul's..
Perot did emerge out of nowhere, largely criticizing Bush Sr. and the congressional Democrats who went along with him.. He completely funded his own campaign, and started his own party...
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They did tremendous damage to our economy and standard of living that will take a decade or more to recover from... And they got us into absolutely needless and extremely costly wars ON FALSE PRETENSES...
I'd hate ANY party that does to America what they did...
Actually the economy did quite well under Bush. Unemployment averaged at 5.2%, which is on par with the Clinton years.
It's unclear as to how "bleeding heart liberals" can also "hate all the time." That seems to be a bit of
projection; right now on "Morning Joe" they're discussing the hatred that the GOP is spewing right now, emanating mainly from talk radio...and Scarborough isn't arguing. It seems like a terrible waste to spend one's life filled with anger, rage, resentment and hostility toward others. IMHO, Freud was right on the money with this issue.
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. Perot was down from Gallup's recorded 60% prior to the drop out, and his message was similar to that of Ron Paul's..
