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Political Party Woes

Generally, I try not to debate politics because there is no party that can be guaranteed my support. Libertarians want no government so they can have all they can get. Communists want government that is the will of themselves at the top. Republicans want limited government so that rich people, including themselves, can be unrestrained in filling other rich peoples’ pockets. Democrats want more government so that they’ll have a right to steal everyone’s capital for themselves (they would really like to be Republicans). For the most part, the other parties not mentioned don’t have enough members to hear or talk about. I know my cursory analysis of the political parties above is probably an oversimplification of their platforms, but I don’t think I’m off target that much.

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A Coalition of Murder-Happy, Central Bankmongering Police Statists

I’m with Anthony Gregory on whether Ron Paul should shift into a third-party run.

LewRockwell.com Blog: Re: Mike Holmes on Ron Paul’s Political Future

“The LP might have lots of problems, but the GOP is a coalition of murder-happy, central bankmongering police statists and we probably have more hope turning the Democrats back to its Jeffersonian, Clevelandian heritage than we do in returning the other party to a set of principles that it has never upheld, except rhetorically so as to blindside naive voters, give libertarian cover to their fascism and dirty the good name of free markets and individual liberty.”

A Message to Michigan Democrats and Independents

Michigan has its primary in six days, and has been punished by both parties for being early. However, while the Democrats have stripped Michigan’s entire delegation, the state still has a Republican delegation at the convention, albeit smaller. Your vote for a Democratic candidate has no direct influence on who gets nominated at the convention.

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The Great Divide

The
Politics of Partisan Neutrality

Louis Bolce and Gerald De Maio
Copyright (c) 2004 First Things 143 (May 2004): 9-12.

“Americans who want to understand conflicts between Democrats and Republicans
during the election season have received precious little help from the media. While
reporters usually recognize that there is some sort of problem about ‘values’ and
about ‘faith-based’ principles, and that the Democrats and Republicans are often
on opposite sides, writers and editors tend to publish news and analysis as if the
situation were as follows: The Christian right, having infiltrated the Republican
Party, is importing its divisive religious ideas into our public life, whereas the
Democratic Party is the neutral camp of tolerant and pluralistic Americans.”

This gives me some insight into what’s happened to the Democratic Party. I was raised
by staunch Democrats and I voted as a Democrat for 7 years. Now I’m independent
and I register either Republican or Democrat depending on which primary is more
crucial to my beliefs (such as the Toomy vs. Specter race). I used to the think
Republican party was just a bunch of redneck Evangelical yahoos. I’m starting to
understand why so many of my Christian brethren vote Republican. The party still
does things that disgust me, so I won’t declare myself a Republican anytime soon,
but I’m more open to their point of view.

Hate Speech

I’ve read/heard mudslinging before, but I think this takes the cake. I’m kinda surprised to find this on an official government website.

Fear and Loathing in the Mother Ship

"Good afternoon, or, as John Kerry might say: ‘Bonjour! I’m sure you’ve already heard a good many speakers today and will hear a bunch more after I’m done. So you’ll probably judge my speech more on its brevity than its persuasiveness. But that’s okay, because as you may have heard, we Republicans from Texas aren’t known for our el-o-qua-city. But we are known for being clear. So in the interests of clarity, I have a simple message to pass along: the national Democrat party seems to have lost its marbles."

I just can’t resist responding so here goes….

"the national Democrat party seems to have lost its marbles"

Did the Good Ol’ Boys…er…GOP ever have any marbles?

"Though they remain a potent electoral machine, armed with battalions of trial lawyers and entertainers, and their Grand Coalition of the Perpetually Partisan, they are no longer a serious force in the national debate."

I guess these are offered in contrast to the Republican party’s cohorts of thugs in expensive suits, oil barons, and corporate executives.

"Their single organizing philosophy is an irrational, all-encompassing, broiling hatred of George W. Bush."

Hate him? I think it’s hardly fair to hate a man so utterly vacuous. On the other hand, if he’s not as dumb as he seems, he borders on the frightening evil of Orwell’s Big Brother.

"But most of all, Democrats hate the president because on every political issue of significance since he came into office, he has beaten them like rented mules."

No, I think it’s because his foreign policies are imperialistic and his domestic policies border on fascist.

"They want to tax like Mondale and spend like Carter."

And Republicans want to borrow like Reagan and deceive like Nixon.

"While everyone else got the memo that big-government, blame-America-first liberalism died with disco, the Howard Dean Democrats still want to party like it’s 1979!"

And the George Bush Republicans (and Democrats) want to make war like it’s 1079.

"It’s not a war of our choosing, nor of our instigation."

Ummm…If you’re speaking for the American people, you’re right. Many thousands protested war, but Bush went ahead. Did we instigates it? Well, our goverment backed Osama when we needed his muscle. We backed Afghanistan to fight Russia. We backed Saddam to fight Iran. Might we be just the tiniest bit responsible?

"They were a premeditated assault on the freedom of every human being on this planet"

Whereas the Patriot Act is just an assault on American freedom.

"To try to gauge just how out of touch the Democrat leadership is on the war on terror, just close your eyes and try to imagine Ted Kennedy landing that Navy jet on the deck of that aircraft carrier."

The Soviet Union put chimps in space suits. What’s your point?

"I don’t know about you, I certainly don’t want to see Teddy Kennedy in a Navy flight suit anytime soon."

Isn’t this the same kind of ad hominem crap you accused Democrats of espousing?

"Saddam Hussein – it is universally accepted by the international intelligence community – had weapons of mass destruction. "

I’d like to believe that, but where’s the proof?

"If you take their comments to their logical conclusion, they’re essentially calling our Commander in Chief, Benedict Arnold."

I’d prefer Bonzo.

"We’re in the middle of a global conflict between good and evil and they’re in the middle of a Michael Dukakis look-alike contest."

1) I think the lines are hardly that well drawn considering we made a lot of the monsters loose today. Furthermore, I’m very tempted to lump Sharon in with other dangerous extremists. How liberal is that?

2) You’re resorting to ad hominem attacks again.

"Bob Graham – a respected former governor and chairman of the intelligence committee – is calling for the president’s impeachment."

Is this any worse than the farcical attempt to impeach Clinton?

"John Edwards – a so-called moderate – compares the president to a dangerous socialist."

Mr. Edwards is wrong. Socialism is left-wing. He meant fascist.

"It makes you wonder if at their next presidential debate, the Democrats are all going to show up wearing aluminum-foil helmets to protect their brain waves from the mother ship!"

Ad hominem…

"STOMP – Strategic Task force for the Organization and Mobilization of People – is a powerful manpower organization I started a few years back."

I’m surprised it’s not called JACKBOOT.

"We have an agenda – a real agenda – to make America safe, strong, and prosperous."

Hitler had an agenda, too – and a scapegoat.

P.S. I apologize for any ad hominem remarks I may have made. I’m just a lowly college student who blogs in his spare time. Senator Delay* ought to have the time and resources to write something a little more intelligent.

[* I had originally written Daschle. How embarrassing would that have been if left unchanged?]