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Originally Posted by rock jock
Badnarik … would have made the U.S. the laughing stock of the world.
You mean unlike a certain George W. Bush?
~G. Fink
As far as laughing stock goes, the LP has reached that level too.
Originally Posted by rock jock
Badnarik … would have made the U.S. the laughing stock of the world.
You mean unlike a certain George W. Bush?
~G. Fink
Nothing has ever been built from the top down.
Selfdfenz said:I may be wrong but always understood Lincoln was elected president (R) as the candidate from a party with little history of past successes or much history of a past at all for that matter.
JesseJames said:I know I am jaded. And I've yet to cast a vote in a presidential election. Why haven't I voted? Because I've never liked either candidate.
While I generally think the Libertarians would be a good choice for their fairly hands-off attitude towards guns, the war on drugs, and business, their ideas on an open border and enviromental controls totally suck the big one. The Greens might be communist tree-huggers, but their dedication to enviroment might not be too bad when most scientists are warning that global warming is here and we need to reign in our complete disregard for nature.
The Republicans were successful primarily because they were able to coalesce around a single issue that they all supported strongly and that split the ranks of their opponents. The coalition probably wouldn't have survived their first success politically; but the secession of the Southern states and ensuing war tamped down dissent within the party until the war was over - and once the war was over, the Republican party had enough spoils to keep the diverse factions happy.