I didn't pay much attention to the quote until Reince Priebus was elected Chairman of the Republican Party today. Maybe you've heard it: If you are "pro-stimulus, pro-GM bailout, pro-AIG, well, you know, guess what, you might not be a Republican." Funny, I thought I was a Republican in the tradition of Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, and that the party had swung way right in the last 10 years.
I guess I'm being shown the door, even though I probably voted about half and half last election. ;-)
Come on over to the left of the Dems! There's plenty of room!
ReplyDeleteHow does one become an independent? Oh, maybe by voting about half and half. :)
ReplyDeleteI consider myself a social conservative but( economically-edicationally I am a Lincoln Republican). I am also greatly concerned about the issue of race. Therefore I am either an independent or a Republican leaning independent.
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John C. Gardner
Professor Emeritus
I don't see any way to get rid of it but I really think the whole two party system in America promotes bad thinking and a herd mentality. Rather than our representatives voting the issues and speaking their minds, they have to play into party dynamics.
ReplyDeleteKen: it seems that our first-past-the-post voting system has a great deal to do with reinforcing the two-party system. Perhaps we should like at alternatives in how we choose our representatives (used in the broad sense of the word) at all levels.
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