The GOP punches way, way way beyond their political weight, thru partisan gerrymandering, bribery/corruption, vote suppression and by capturing rural states and judicial appointments. If Democrats ever pass legislation to level the playing field, the present GOP is history. But a change to a more honestly competitive GOP party, on real merits, would be a very good thing.
The GOP punches way, way way beyond their political weight, thru partisan gerrymandering, bribery/corruption, vote suppression and by capturing rural states and judicial appointments. If Democrats ever pass legislation to level the playing field, the present GOP is history. But a change to a more honestly competitive GOP party, on real merits, would be a very good thing.
I would love to see a straight-forward, honest conservative party. I remember real debates between liberals and conservatives on TV years ago, but "debates" these days are laughable and unwatchable. My high school debate team (65 years ago) would have floored the modern GOP.
It looks like the Democratic party has been bought off and has now become the Republican party and the Republican party has become the fascist party. The foxes are guarding the chicken coop. Hope I'm wrong but I think the government administrators want to administrate themselves to all of our wealth. It is like a fast food worker pointing a gun at the owner of the restaurant and demanding ownership and the owner acquiesces. We are being robbed by nothing but thugs.
I think the fast food analogy isn't quite right. I would compare it more to two groups that want to maintain their exclusive privilege at the expense of the workers. The workers get a very small say in anything. They may get to vote for new privileged leaders, but don't share in the profits or management. The one group may say consoling things, but are kept from attaining their promises by a more malignant group of competitors. The fact that the two groups maintain a 50/50 hold on overall operations prevents a lot of what might be good for the workers from being achieved.
The GOP punches way, way way beyond their political weight, thru partisan gerrymandering, bribery/corruption, vote suppression and by capturing rural states and judicial appointments. If Democrats ever pass legislation to level the playing field, the present GOP is history. But a change to a more honestly competitive GOP party, on real merits, would be a very good thing.
I would love to see a straight-forward, honest conservative party. I remember real debates between liberals and conservatives on TV years ago, but "debates" these days are laughable and unwatchable. My high school debate team (65 years ago) would have floored the modern GOP.
It looks like the Democratic party has been bought off and has now become the Republican party and the Republican party has become the fascist party. The foxes are guarding the chicken coop. Hope I'm wrong but I think the government administrators want to administrate themselves to all of our wealth. It is like a fast food worker pointing a gun at the owner of the restaurant and demanding ownership and the owner acquiesces. We are being robbed by nothing but thugs.
I think the fast food analogy isn't quite right. I would compare it more to two groups that want to maintain their exclusive privilege at the expense of the workers. The workers get a very small say in anything. They may get to vote for new privileged leaders, but don't share in the profits or management. The one group may say consoling things, but are kept from attaining their promises by a more malignant group of competitors. The fact that the two groups maintain a 50/50 hold on overall operations prevents a lot of what might be good for the workers from being achieved.