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Originally Posted by sperbonzo
BINGO!!! Blind party loyalty is bizarre to me.
Also, the reality is that the political spectrum is not just about left and right, there is also statist or non statist. With no recognition of that additional variance, you simply end up with parties that are all about making the government bigger, either in controlling business (the left), or personal life (the right). We have no representation of that entire other aspect of the political spectrum.
Notice what happens when you put in the non-statist variation:
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I think the whole team thing is over used. Example because I find very little at all to like about the current right wing, I get called a leftist or because I troll around in the constant "I hate Obama" topics here on GFY, I get called a liberal or an Obama lover.
The truth of the matter is I don't vote Democrat because I really support their platform. The truth is I vote in attempt to keep Republican crazy out of office. Meaning as I see it, a vote for for a democrat isn't so much a vote in favor of a "team" but rather a vote against crazy radicals whom have taken over the Republican party.
There is really no good choice in politics, it's only a choice of who you do not want..
Sure it would be nice to have a real choice between a few competent candidates whom wanted to work for the people. Reality is that isn't happening anytime soon, if ever.. You might as well always assume they are lying to you and just pick the lesser of two evils.
Think about it.. Just think if McCain & Palin had won the first go around.. can you even imagine how fucked we would be right now? Look how many times since that election cycle McCain has been beating the war drums trying to push us into war. He beat them for Iran, He beat them for Syria and he beats them now for Ukraine.. Not to mention he would have kept sending troops into Iraq. He would have bankrupted this country by war.
You guys can bitch & moan about Obamacare & Benghazi all you want but just think where we would be with 2 or 3 more wars to support if McCain had been elected.
The simple fact is the Republicans have split between crazy and fucking crazy.. You have the Neo Con war mongers aka Reagan, the Bushes, McCain ect.. Then you have the truly bat shit crazy which come in the form of Religious Right & Tea Party.. There is no sensible choice as non have any hopes of getting past all the crazy..
Meanwhile you have Democrats.. whom at least are honest about raising taxes vs Republicans whom just fuck you behind your back.. So a pick between war mongers and nut jobs vs higher taxes well.. I can afford to pay a little to keep crazy away..