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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
What else is there for them to do to hide how ideologically close to each other they are? The fact of the matter is that Kerry and Bush are both right wing conservatives - who only disagree about the implementation of the same basic policies... both are committed to capitalism, free enterprise, equal of opportunity rather than equality, and a meritrocious society. They both stand against everything that the radical working class believes in.
There are no ideological arguments to be had between them, so all there can be is accusations of personal corruption or inceompetence.
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StrangeFamous,
Any candidate with any hope of winning any election in the U.S. has got to be free enterprise. Being anything else as a political candidate in this country will guarantee a swift and humiliating defeat. With only a two party system, our candidate are forced to play the middle, which does not allow for any extremism in candidates. Just read about the Illinois senatorial race between Alan Keyes and Barrack Obama. Keyes is an extremist and will be soundly defeated in November because of his views. There are plenty of people who agree with him, but the middle of the road voters are too squeamish to ever actually give him a voice in Congress.
Pan,
If only everyone would write their candidates and elected officials and demand what you suggest. If we did, we might see a change. They do it now because we are silent about it, which amounts to approval in our society.