Central Scrutinizer Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 In the US, the Dems used to have a conservative wing and the Reps a liberal wing. The radicals seem to have driven them out of their parties. Thus both parties have both become less representative of the average person, who is more in the middle. I agree. So where is the party for the more centrist thinking people to have a say? Libertarian? And where are the money people to help support and fund a new party that is for those who are not so far from the center politically? I mean both parties basically suck and are standing on platforms many do not really like, both. Where are the common sense people and where is their party? If you remember Nixon's infamous 'Silent Majority', well, I do believe there are a large amount of people dissatisfied with both the Dems and the Reps parties. The country is ripe for a new party to join these people together in a common goal to bring some sanity back into US politics. Hopefully someone will fill this void and use the many new ways (internet) the pols now are using to raise money to gain a louder voice for these disaffected Americans and give them some serious contenders to vote for to take on the staus quo political parties we now have to deal with grudgingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 "Libertarian?" "centrist thinking people"? 5555555555555555555555555 Thanks Cent. You made my day! Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 Apart from anti government - what are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 didn't the dems start the vietnam bloodbath? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 Apart from anti government - what are they? Nutty as fruitcakes! Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 Couldn't help myself. Economic Left/Right: -7.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 No ya not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 didn't the dems start the vietnam bloodbath? The Eisenhower administration had looked at SVN - the easy access of communist supplies and infiltration through Laos, the efficiency of Hanoi's communist regime versus Saigon's government etc - and decided SVN was a lost cause. In fact, all of former French Indo-China was written off (SVN, Laos, Cambodia). Ike devoted his efforts into building up Thailand to stop the commies at the Mekhong River. But JFK decided he could "save" SVN. Who knows why, maybe because Ngo Dinh Diem was a fellow Catholic. Anyway, JFK got the US much more deeply committed to that country's fight against the communist north. Then LBJ felt obligated to continue it. Nixon, a Republican, and formerly Ike's vice president, began looking for ways to get out again. He did get the US out of combat in 1973. So in a way, yeah ... JFK was to blame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 No ya not Ok I'm not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiHome Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Note that the left-right wing axis is economic, not political, that is the vertical axis from the top at Authoritarian to bottom Libertarian. TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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