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by fight. 09/04/2012, 5:49pm PDT |
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Arbit wrote:
Feel free to explain the relevance of all this to my post. I'm not saying it's irrelevant, just that it could be interpreted in a number of ways.
The "war" between the parties has completely supplanted any idea of our country being ruled based on principled debate, at least for the republicans. They seek to win the war not by out-debating the democrats in the marketplace of ideas, but rather by sabotaging the democrats' ability to disseminate their ideas in the first place. Shutting down the Unions to cut off the democrats from a major source of funding and manpower, gerrymandering voting districts, Karl Rove's dream of turning America effectively into a single party state is slowly coming to fruition. The handful of republicans who lost their seats in the Wisconsin legislature are acceptable losses.
This kind of power jockeying at the expense of the nation's well-being is exactly what George Washington predicted that political parties would do, and he warned against it in his farewell address.
Oh well, no one listened to Eisenhower's warning about the Military Industrial Complex, either. |
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Anyone really think anything will change no matter who wins the White House? by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 09/04/2012, 4:06am PDT 
The Supreme Court, dipshit! NT by Mischief Maker 09/04/2012, 4:46am PDT
How to shut up a "both parties are the same!" libertarian failure by fabio 09/04/2012, 7:32am PDT
Speaking of libertarian failures, the Ron Paul kickstarter game is up. by skip 09/04/2012, 5:10pm PDT
Trying to figure out how they're different by don't contain crack 09/05/2012, 6:26am PDT
The democrats seem to have one trick at the moment: playing it safe. by Mischief Mephistopheles 09/05/2012, 6:37am PDT
Also: by Mischief Mephistopheles 09/05/2012, 6:43am PDT
3 issues! You've got the bases covered, friend. NT by fabio 09/05/2012, 10:03pm PDT
Ok, add more bases by Mysterio 09/06/2012, 7:34am PDT
Why are you going anonymous for this? NT by fabio 09/06/2012, 11:41am PDT
You win, they're completely identical, no need for you to vote. NT by Fullofkittens 09/06/2012, 3:10pm PDT
Please, I need people to vote by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 09/06/2012, 6:59pm PDT
Substantively yes by Mysterio 09/06/2012, 8:28pm PDT
"the Democratic base tends to be liberal, if not extreme liberal to hard left" by Ha ha ha ha ha ha.. I fucking WISH 09/04/2012, 8:26am PDT
Re: "the Democratic base tends to be liberal..." by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 09/06/2012, 2:39am PDT
Re: "the Democratic base tends to be liberal..." by Ha ha ha ha ha ha.. I fucking WISH 09/06/2012, 11:33am PDT
I think this guy does a good job of summing up the current political climate by Arbit 09/04/2012, 11:05am PDT
You dont win wars outfighting the enemy, you win by destroying their ability to by fight. 09/04/2012, 12:21pm PDT
OK. by Arbit 09/04/2012, 3:46pm PDT
Re: OK. by fight. 09/04/2012, 5:49pm PDT
The Eastwood speech is the most embarrassing thing I've ever seen. NT by Souffle of Pain 09/05/2012, 10:53pm PDT
Jon Stewart nails Clint Eastwood by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 09/06/2012, 2:45am PDT
Re: Jon Stewart nails Clint Eastwood by Mysterio 09/06/2012, 5:58am PDT
Guys, no one take this fool seriously NT by Jon "jaw drop" Stupid 09/06/2012, 11:58am PDT
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