I agree entirely on things falling apart once you need to define the platform. The problem is that politics is not a one dimensional spectrum with left and right on opposite ends. Every issue is its own dimension and parties consist of people that agree on lots of issues. A social conservative that is fiscally liberal and a fiscal conservative that is socially liberal might both identify as moderates as they agree with each party on some issues. But they agree with each other on nothing.
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Agreed. I generally like the idea, but even as it is not angry in tone, it is defined by what it’s against rather than what it’s for. Movements like this don’t last until they can cohere into a platform of affirmative ideas.
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That looks like the RINO/DINO party, or it will be labeled that way.
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Well, it wouldnt, because with a new party, they wouldn’t be In Name Only - they’d belong to the new party.
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No thanks. I’m not a fan of moderation.
Endorsement watch. The Arizona Republic has never endorsed a Democrat since its inception in 1890. Until now.
I agree on a handful of things, but certainly not everything.
Ouch. How bad do you have to be?
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That’s, like, a long time.
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That is obviously a misprint. Trump’s the most conservative. He has the greatest conservatism.
Ha!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-obama-dont-vote-thats-vote-trump-161126697.html
Who’s this sound like?
Sean Hannity and a million others. Their logic makes no sense. The way I see it, a vote for a person is a vote for that person and nothing else.
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The last time Obama tried this, the U.K. was still a part of the European Union.
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After The Arizona Republic endorsed Hillary Clinton, the subscription cancellations came every 10 minutes
I was talking to a fellow in Belfast from the North of England who said he made his mind up to leave the moment Obama said the UK would be at the “back of the queue.” Once he said that, tens of thousands of English middle fingers were erected in unison and pointed towards the CIC.
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That doesn’t surprise me, when Obama went into scold mode, it practically sealed the deal. Who wants to be told what to do by someone thousands of miles away ?
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That’s because people don’t want to be objective about a situation. They want to be spoon feed confirmation of their bias narrative.
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Endorsement watch - Detroit News endorsed…Gary Johnson:
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So, Gary Johnson can’t name a single foreign leader, lol. Not that I was ever a big Johnson fan, but he seemed to be the least shitty of the bunch. I let the Aleppo thing slide but now …
I’m starting to consider sitting this election out.
He’s not exactly an all-star candidate, but this is obviously hyperbole. I’d be shocked if he knew less about foreign relations than Trump.
I’d love to hear, in some alternative universe, the response Trump would have given had he been asked the same question regarding Aleppo.
Let’s not forget he didn’t know the difference between the Kurds and the Quds Forces.
Edit:
So it turns out Johnson was asked to name his favorite foreign leader and he didn’t immediately pick one. What a non-sense question.
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