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Originally Posted by Paq
i find it odd how they can come together on a deeeeeeeeeply divided issue...
but when it comes time to get votes, it's a whole other matter entirely. I think each one has their party on a string and simply has to tug to get the votes they need...that is probably why the bill oreillys of the world are saying the dems don't have a unified message..IE, they don't have the same 'issue strings' that the republicans have in place...
IE...we are being plllaaayyyyyeeeeeddddd
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played like a 12 string guitar held by richie sambora.
The two major parties LIKE the divide, especially when it plays in their favor. The real fault lies with us though, we the people, because we've become very lackadaisical and non-comittal in regards to our political processes and who we vote in to office. We see straight party voters, no matter the character of the candidate, and certain locales who, despite KNOWING the major flaws and hypocrisy of the candidate in question, still re-elect him time and again in to that position of power. Several examples would include Ted Kennedy, Tom Delay, Bill Clinton, and Michael Bloomberg, but the list goes on and on. We let these major parties tell us that they epitomize the 'values' of their constituency and that they will represent us with legislation by voting the same way YOU would vote, then turn around and vote AGAINST what your values really are. Then they get re-elected again and do the same.
We become single issue voters by being forced to prioritize what we consider the single most important issue, because we are deprived of any real 'choice' in our elections. When Ross Perot ran for POTUS and siphoned off alot of the 'conservative' vote, the republicans (along with the democrats) saw their power lessened by a third party candidate. They then conspired to legislate even tighter restrictions on 3rd party candidates to make it on the ballot, keeping our choices limited. Deepening the divide.
How to fix the issue?
First off, we REALLY NEED to come to an understanding of what the US constitution and B of R is for, what it truly means (not what we wish it to mean), and to go back and realize we've left the true values of freedom and liberty behind us. We then need to abandon, completely, this two party system that divides us and bring in 3rd party candidates or independents who wish to bring back the originalist intentions. I don't ever see this happening though because a greater percentage of the population is too accustomed to what they think is right and wrong.
The divide will eventually destroy our 'superpower' status because it will evolve in to such a divide that only a revolution or civil war will be able to settle the matter. I say settle and not fix because there is no guarantee it will do either.