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Permalink Reply by Heather Spoonheim on March 30, 2011 at 11:57am

Party allegiance replaces the voice of the democratic electorate with that of the party directorate.

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Permalink Reply by Morgan Matthew on March 30, 2011 at 12:01pm

I'll let you know what he responds with.

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Permalink Reply by Morgan Matthew on March 30, 2011 at 12:25pm

Focus on the Big Picture

Is what he just said lol... /sigh/

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Permalink Reply by Heather Spoonheim on March 30, 2011 at 12:28pm

Lol!  That's exactly what you just did.  Oh well, political ideologies can often be more entrenched than their religious counterparts.

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Permalink Reply by Cara Coleen on March 30, 2011 at 12:47pm

I like the way he says that as if he knows what "the big picture" is. It's a total cop out answer! You get him into a corner, and he pulls that one out. It's like his version of "God did it" or "I cannot understand the mind of God". HA! :)

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Permalink Reply by Cara Coleen on March 30, 2011 at 12:08pm

He has a point, but that's part of the problem. You shouldn't have to be pigeonholed into either one party or another, especially when you think they're both full of BS. It's true that any third party that develops has little voice, or little influence, but we should strive to change that.

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Permalink Reply by Morgan Matthew on March 30, 2011 at 12:43pm

Like it or not that is what we have to work with. Life has certain parameters that we must live in... If you choose not to live within those restraints one could always say fuck it and go sailing...FOOD FOR THOUGHT!!!

LOL that's the other response he just responded with. He has a sail boat.

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Permalink Reply by Cara Coleen on March 30, 2011 at 12:53pm

He's wrong that we must live within certain parameters. Funny to hear this from a Republican! It's supposed to be about progression and improvement. That's supposed to be what Capitalism is about. Businesses are allowed to be privatized because that ownership offers them the incentive to improve upon their methods and practices, so that they yield higher profits. They are able to enjoy the fruits of their own labor, but they are only able to do that if they remain current and relevant in culture and society.

Accepting things "as they are" will cause us to move backwards. Maybe this is the main problem for the GOP because they want to "go back to better times", but that's impossible... because times were never really better; values and freedoms were not better. Technology was not better! Stagnation is not ever good.

 

:D

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Permalink Reply by Morgan Matthew on March 30, 2011 at 1:00pm

Well said Cara.

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Permalink Reply by Chuck C on March 30, 2011 at 11:44am

I am basically Libertarian. Libertarians are fiscally conservative but socially liberal. They are constituationalists (separation of church and state would be something they believe in).

But recently I've noticed them getting friendlier towards the climate change skeptics (maybe trying to bring in a few Tea Partiers? I don't know...) Yes, fighting climate change will cost money but the science is sound and failing to do something essentially is screwing over the little guy in favor of the big corporations (and if they do that, I think they are violating other fundamental platforms of the party -- but that's a deeper discussion.)

So I'm 90% Libertarian, 10% disgusted. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Arcus on March 30, 2011 at 12:21pm

So you would be opposed to such things as government healthcare, sponsored medicine, negative income tax, EPA, gun control, national highway system, public transport, unemployment benefits, college stipends etc?

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Permalink Reply by Ryan on March 30, 2011 at 12:02pm

I'm a registered Green, because I agree with the key values.  However, I also live in a state that allows me to vote in whatever primary I choose.  It's nice that it allows me to strategically vote in the primaries for one party, then turn around and vote for someone else on election day.

 

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