I think we need two good, strong parties to make our government work. Otherwise, you get what we have now, which isn’t pretty. So I don’t want to see a purer Democratic or Republican party, which is what party partisans are always calling for – I’d like to see two sane, responsible big tent parties vie for votes while taking a long term view of the election process. Instead, what we have is one party taking advantage of the fact that the other has become, well, deranged. And the fact that the national media has joined the one party in its madness and is doing it’s best to distort reality doesn’t help – which is how you get a majority of people supporting private Social Security accounts but a majority dissaproving President Bushes plan on Social Security, which consisted of a nebulous plan for private accounts.
#1 by Jeff H on July 22, 2006 - 9:49 am
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I’d rather see a benevolent dictatorship–run by me.
#2 by Kevin Murphy on July 25, 2006 - 12:03 pm
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No matter how benevolent you start out, you won’t end up that way.
Besides, you’re about to have more than enough on your plate what with a new bride and all. Congratulations.