"So you're a "deliberate jerk." Courtesy for you must be an "accident" ..."
You just realized this? Chris likes to jerk chains. I took him to task for this once, but you clouded up and rained on me about it.
Regardless, jerkiness or not, he realized the issues. You didn't. In that, he shows a lot more objectiveness that you have.
Step away from the echo chamber for a bit, why don't you? The whole Democrat/Democratic issue isn't new. Even to this board. And it isn't merely thin skin or PC. It is a deliberate attempt to distance the Democratic party from the concept of democracy. If you feel that the Democrats have nothing to do with the democratic process, then feel free and call them the Democrat party.
My personal feeling is that two parties isn't enough. And I genuinely worry that the Republicans may be reducing themselves to a regional party. I started voting straight Republican in the wake of Watergate for that reason. The history of single party rule in this country has not been good. Texas has been essentially either Republican or Democratic ruled since it became a state. And the only reason it hasn't been a huge disaster is that state government can't do much. But that is only because there has been a distrust of government in general. Which was ok when the state was purely rural. However, that is now a gowning problem. With no obvious solution.
But, I digress...
The problem with a two party system, especially with one where money is such a big factor, is that big businesses wind up with the strongest voice. And, while they are an important component of our economy, they aren't the only one. Or even the most important one. Because their interest is in maintaining the status quo. And that is only made worse by single party control. If you look at the past century or so, the times when things were worse, economically speaking, was when a single party controlled both Congress and the presidency. |
