In most other countries they tend to pop up and then fade into the sunset with far greater frequency than they do in the United States but it happens here too. Remember the Reform party? or the Whigs? Roger Ebert has a great post on why the split in the Republican party that has given us the dreaded tea party may actually be the beginning of the end for the GOP. With such a vicious split in the GOP it seems unlikely that they could be the natural ruling party. The Tea partiers are now espousing ever more extreme positions that are at odds with the majority of American's views and the "rational" Republicans are just placating them in order to hold onto what power they have.
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The Republicans exit history – Roger Ebert's Journal
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Well put…and I hope you're right!
Well put…and I hope you're right!
I respectfully dissent to the type of demagoguery portrayed in articles like Mr. Ebert's. He certainly has a right to his opinion, but this editorial amounts to nothing more than a leftist rant.
I respectfully dissent to the type of demagoguery portrayed in articles like Mr. Ebert's. He certainly has a right to his opinion, but this editorial amounts to nothing more than a leftist rant.
I would disagree with you Michael, as I think there are quite a few people who are conservatives and have a similar account of what has happened to their party.
Personally I respectfully dissent to the idea that opinions that disagree with the GOP or Tea Party automatically equates to something being "leftist" or that a rational discourse of those ideas equates to a rant. But I guess it depends on whether someone would rather dismiss ideas without lending any weight to the rationale for them.
I would disagree with you Michael, as I think there are quite a few people who are conservatives and have a similar account of what has happened to their party.
Personally I respectfully dissent to the idea that opinions that disagree with the GOP or Tea Party automatically equates to something being "leftist" or that a rational discourse of those ideas equates to a rant. But I guess it depends on whether someone would rather dismiss ideas without lending any weight to the rationale for them.