I believe our talk was more about how they have to appease the Right Wing more than be that person. And that can turn on them fast if they try to accommodate the other side. But both sides suffer from this. The nation seems to have forgotten how to compromise, and turned compromise into some how being a bad thing and meaning you will not stick to your guns. Even on the smallest of issues. I am generalizing, I know, which is a bad thing. I just have a hard time keeping focused on politics, as it is such a shitfest that I cannot bother with it. Makes me a bad voter, I know, but it just sucks.
No... I'd say that's a pretty fair analysis. Partisan politics and failure to bend an inch on anything is the main reason why its so hard to get meaningful legislation passed. The system is broken. Exhibit A is Obama's sidestepping of Constitutional process via EO... yeah, I know the claims about him being the most prolific user of EO are bogus but the scope with which he uses it IS fairly unprecedented.
much of the libertarian platform will eventually be absorbed into the Republican platform. If the Rs would move a little toward social liberalism, they'd have a prayer.
That why you need to keep your eye on Jeb. He's for a realistic approach to immigration and a few other things that are anathema to the far right... he's still a strong fiscal conservative but his social approach is much more inline with reality... not that I'd vote for him or anything, but for a republican, he actually is somewhat decent... I'll be interested to see who gets the LP nomination.
Bush isn't close to.leaning libertarian. I do believe the republican party will have a bloody transition to leaning that direction, but we're along ways from that happening
really? You don't see the party moving away from the Old South preacher type voter and toward the social liberal with fiscal conservative at the core? Who are the Old South guys gonna vote for anyway? The voter turnout silliness needs to stop. We need fiscal conservatism and we need to preach it from the mountaintops. Ignore the petty social crap and address our most glaring issue.
They spend at levels close to democrats right now, so have more work than fixing their social issues. Bush really did try to tackle ss but even with control of both houses of congress got no where. Right now they spit out Goldwater quotes, while doing the opposite in office.
number of people that will give a shit about gay marriage et all 10 years from now will be minuscule. they'll adapt
the modern politician is solely about votes. I believe they'd all switch parties if it meant the right number of votes
I don't know if it would really help, but I would like to try moving back to the system where the runner-up in the election becomes vice president.
I'm for term limits and at least one opposition controlled office, be it presidency or one house of congress.
Minus gay marriage, minus big government, minus drug legalization, minus abortion, minus outlandish spending, minus meaningful tax reform... sheesh. The GOP has as much in common with the LP as the Taliban does...
I feel like the VP being the runner-up is the easiest way to help from totally shutting a party out (which I agree is bad)
gay marriage = church big government - military/industrial complex = much smaller government drug legalization = church abortion = church outlandish spending - m.i. complex = much less spending all of the taxes - almost all of the taxes = libertarian all of the social net - all of the social net = libertarian
but the VP is just the clipboard holder and rare tiebreaker. Useless role, as can be seen in the stiffs who've filled it. Can you imagine Biden or Quayle having any say in anything that matters?
