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Originally Posted by Squabble
i'm not a democrat.
my point is that behind the democrats you DO find crazy leftist hippies and behind the republicans you DO find crazy conservative wing nuts. it just seems to be the trend for republicans to court that right wing base, rather than quietly tolerate them while they court those of us in the center. when one sides argument is solely "he's a marxist and a muslim" and those of us with half a brain know this to not be true, there isn't much of a debate or discussion left. it's depressing and annoying to me because i'd vote for an intelligent republican that actually had some good ideas and would actually keep me in mind when writing and/or signing legislation. instead they're falling all over each other to sling insults about birth certificates. i don't have time in my life to get into that bat ***** thought process.
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I thought Tannenhaus brought up an interesting point when he talked about how William F Buckley and some other conservative philosophers supported Joseph McCarthy (which Buckley later regretted). The reason Buckley et al liked him was his appeal to the populist middle america type, which conservatives had trouble tapping.
I'm afraid Hattie's got it right (except the libertarians being a good party). Both parties are corrupt. If the Democrats were any better than Republicans regarding corporate support, we'd already have regulations to prevent a recurrence of recent economic problems. I'd think that fight will be harder than health care reform.