The Politics of Either/Or (Us vs. Them)
The politics of either/or (us vs. them). The lunatic fringe of the right are attempting to take over the Republican Party and the lunatic fringe of the left are attempting to take of the Democratic Party.
Most of us are in the center or slightly left or right of it. Many of us feel that some of the ideas of the conservatives and some of the ideas of liberals make sense.
Let’s try to find that common ground that we can agree on.
I agree. I’m very much in the middle. On some issues I’m extremely conservative, others I’m extremely liberal.
I tried to come up with a new word to describe myself, but conserberal was just too hard to say and lbervative sounds too much like something you’d take for constipation….
Total Agreement here!
Wait, who said that? LOL
I agree with you…but I don’t think they are attempting…I think they’ve taken over on both sides of the aisle. good post.
Remember The Third Way? As advocated by Tony Blair and Billy Clinton in the early 1990’s…..it always sounded great in theory..to bring the best of left and right to form a new vanguard of political thinking…..then it just seemed to dissipate like a fart under the blankets……….
Some settled issues that still raise a stir.
Gun rights: Settled by the Supreme Court and no one is ever going to take away your guns.
Abortion: Settled by the Supreme Court and Roe vs Wade is the law. Politicians still use this as a issue but will not change anything when elected.
Health Care Reform: A done deal. Even if the House tries to repeal it, the Senate will not.
Very good points…I have been saying this for a long time…I don’t care where the ideas come from, as long as the common goal is for the good of the people, collectively and for the nation as a whole…The us verses them mentality allows one party to be considered as superior to the other, but that is all that will be accomplished…The good of the people and the nation seems to be an afterthought…