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ilex_cassineI rather liked this short article: "Is This the Beginning of the End for the Republican Party?" by the Commentator formerly known as NC Steve (what a name, eh? oy.)
Not only is does this article present a happy thought about the break up of the Republican party, but it also goes over some history of political parties in the US in a very digestible way.
From the article:
"If one thing should be clear to us, it is that a political party run by delusional ignoramuses cannot survive. If that premise is granted, I confess that I can see only two possible futures for the Republican Party as I write today. Either the professionals, the country clubbers, the elitists and the libertarians take advantage of the seismic defeat they're about to suffer as an excuse to stamp out the power of the belligerent delusional ignoramuses, or else the ignoramuses keep control and the Republican Party follows the the Whigs and the Federalists across the bridge to oblivion."
[I feel the need to add a comment: my thought that the fall of the republican party would be a good thing is not just out of a hatred for the current state of it. It is also because I think the democratic party could use a good shaking up as well. Both parties have become too far right, and too well, vague in their agendas. I don't feel like my "regulate the hell out of organizations, and leave individuals alone/have some fiscal responsibility but make sure that the basics that the free market can't handle are covered" position is really represented in either party, but its more likely with the Dems]
Not only is does this article present a happy thought about the break up of the Republican party, but it also goes over some history of political parties in the US in a very digestible way.
From the article:
"If one thing should be clear to us, it is that a political party run by delusional ignoramuses cannot survive. If that premise is granted, I confess that I can see only two possible futures for the Republican Party as I write today. Either the professionals, the country clubbers, the elitists and the libertarians take advantage of the seismic defeat they're about to suffer as an excuse to stamp out the power of the belligerent delusional ignoramuses, or else the ignoramuses keep control and the Republican Party follows the the Whigs and the Federalists across the bridge to oblivion."
[I feel the need to add a comment: my thought that the fall of the republican party would be a good thing is not just out of a hatred for the current state of it. It is also because I think the democratic party could use a good shaking up as well. Both parties have become too far right, and too well, vague in their agendas. I don't feel like my "regulate the hell out of organizations, and leave individuals alone/have some fiscal responsibility but make sure that the basics that the free market can't handle are covered" position is really represented in either party, but its more likely with the Dems]
