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(Political) Identity Crisis |
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Friday, 28 December 2007 |
The war is at all time lows in popularity, and Bush's kind of
conservatism is polling at about 30%. If the religious and nationalist
conservatives demand this continually increasing say in domestic and
foreign policy, they're practically guaranteeing a loss in the next
election.
The only thing that can hope to save the Republican party then, is
having another Wilsonian internationalist/statist incrementalist to run
against like Hillary or Obama (I know he likes to pose as something
else, but his funding & advisers lead my conclusion).
Who gets left out? Well, a large portion of both parties who right at
this moment consider the greatest political issues to be related to:
1) Government corruption,
2) Unsustainable foreign policy,
3) Encroachment against civil liberties,
4) Declining economic competitiveness and the rise of government-backed monopolies and oligopolies
Neither party has a legitimate claim that they will address those
issues to the satisfaction of the voting population. Today's concerns
don't match typical party lines. You have 'moderate' and 'blue dog'
Democrats helping Republicans pass telecomm immunity and you have
Republican and Democratic activists who are enraged about it.
This "middle" we're told to believe, is actually an outlying EXTREME in
American politics that favors: heavy corporate subsidy,
ultra-nationalist foreign policy (Including tariffs, sanctions, and
heavily-regulated trade mis-named as free-trade)
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 09 April 2008 )
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