Its much more difficult to take out the PM than it is the President.
It is? It has happened THREE TIMES since 1885.
In theory it should be harder to take out the PM since the PM's party is the majority party and you would not expect your party members to go against you........whereas the president is not always representative of the majority party in Congress.
For an example, the most recent case of party insurrection was when the MPs threatened to abandon Blair over Iraq; however, they fell into line when the vote was cast......which is what you expect.
While the evidence suggests differently, I am not fully convinced that taking out the PM is in fact easier. There may have been other unusual factors which caused 3 PMs to lose their positions.
However Blair has lost confidence among the people.
Then he should have lost a vote or have been forced to resign.
The jury is still out. Like Bush, Blair is sticking to his story that WMD will be found. Plus, an investigation into matter was started this week. People will wait to hear the results before making a decision.
No, we get plagued by gov't like Bush and Reagan.......cowboys who like bombs and ruling the world.
Great non sequitir. But still a non sequitir.
Maybe I misunderstood. Was "the plague" you referred to the commoner or the socialist gov'ts they prefer? If it was the latter, then "dropping bombs and ruling the world" was another way of referring to conservatism.
However, some leaders are good for war time, others for times of peace.
Or the Brits had decided they wanted to wander in the wilderness of the socialist swamp.
If Churchill was as popular as you suggest, why would the Brits do that?
The condition of national economies rises and falls with the wind. Japan was on the ascendency in the 70s and 80s, and the US economy was considered stressed and antiquated. The German economy was considered the wunderkind economy of the post war period and now is experiencing problems.
The right likes to blame it on socialism.
And the right is right.
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem with the right.
The Japanese managed about a 10-year run of fortune. As often happens, they were overcome with their success and pushed things too far- -the same failure we committed in the 1990's.
If that's correct, we have at least another 7 years of recession. There are similarities between the US and Japanese bubbles but there are critical differences. No two systems are ever exactly alike.
the US economy was considered stressed and antiquated
THe main problem of the Japanese economy is the rigidity built into it and the Japanese political system. We have managed to remain flexible- -no thanks to our leftist friends.
LOL! You are suggesting that flexibility is a trait of the right. That's funny! Its too bad the right can't step back and get a good view of itself.........or maybe it just doesn't want to.
Honesty and morality are the key.
Chamberlain and Jimmy Carter were honest men. Quite a recommendation of that "virtue" in international politics, eh?
And where did dishonest presidents like Nixon get us?
Sorry, you got this wrong.
That's very flexible of you. |
