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2005-12-07 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Bobby 2005-12-07 07:42|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 There is an opening, right now, for the creation of a Conservative party, a party that tries to carve out the most desired elements of the republicans and the democrats. In past, the third parties have failed because they tried to be "top-down", putting up a Presidential candidate without having lower level political support.

So this new party would begin, *not* with the creation of a party, but with the creation of a pledge, think of it as a Contract With America, but one that could be joined by members of both parties, and yet could not be co-opted by either party.

Its issues would be straightforward, taking from the republicans a strong foreign and traditional republican conservative economic policies. From the democrats, ironically, it would take publically popular hypocricies.

For example, legal but discreet abortion on demand ("just do it, and don't tell us about it"); NIMBY-oriented environmental laws, along with the western return of State lands from federal control. Supressing that godawful eminent domain decision by the Supreme Court. Decriminalization of marijuana *and* guns (okay, stole that one from the Libertarians).

Much of what the new party offered would be to eliminate very unpopular recent decisions. Perhaps to re-think the FTAA; the Patriot Act and other internal security laws; and criminal law and justice system reform--not just tort reform.

The biggest issues could be immigration, re-negotiation of Native American & Indigenous treaties, and the restructuring of the income tax, and other federal taxes.

The selling point would be that it would marginalize the extremes of both parties, but *not* be a liberal party of the RINOs and DINOs.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-12-07 11:00|| 2005-12-07 11:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Spot on Moose! Most Dems I know are tired of being associated with the far left and are ripe for a more conservative party, but not enough to be a Repuplican. Pulling the average core frome each part would work.

Posted by 49 pan">49 pan 2005-12-07 13:20|| 2005-12-07 13:20|| Front Page Top

#3 The article nailed how the Right has all the ideas and could have added the Left is desperately clinging to their version of historical determinism despite all the contrary evidence.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2005-12-07 13:38|| 2005-12-07 13:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Exhibit A is the leftâs fascination with âunity.â

Political "Unity" is just another way to say "consensus", and consensus ain't democracy.

Posted by Hyper">Hyper 2005-12-07 13:56|| 2005-12-07 13:56|| Front Page Top

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