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Is the Republican Party Going the Way of the Whigs?

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-02-08 02:05|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Whigs took several US POTUSes to disappear. CLINTONISM > FASCISM IS THE NEW COMMUNISM, and by extens RIGHTISM IS NEW LEFTISM, CONSERVATISM THE NEW ALTERNATISM/LIBERALISM, ...@etc. As long as Russia-China are still modernizing, the Dems still need the GOP-Right to take the blame. RUSSIA > NEW $189Bilyuuhn mil modernz budget for Years 2007-2015. Appropriations include for SPAWAR, roughly 50 TOPOL-M ICBM's, ditto 50 new Strategic bombers, AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, advanced EW Radars, and other conventional stuff. RUSSIA WANTS TO RE-ASSERT ITS COLD WAR STYLE MIL PROWESS AROUND THE WORLD. IVANOV > RUSSIA RE-ITERATES ITS RIGHT TO LAUNCH A PRE-EMPTIVE, CONVENTIONAL STRIKE ANYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD. Ivanov also says its was a mistake for Russia to agree to elimin IRBMS = INF/INF Treaty ala REAGAN. *Guess its official - the wedding wid CONDI is still off.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-02-08 03:22|| 2007-02-08 03:22|| Front Page Top

#2 The Whigs fell apart because they failed to confront the slavery issue, preferring instead a sort of mushy multicultural don't-rock-the-boat finesse that didn't satisfy anyone.

Posted by Mike 2007-02-08 07:10|| 2007-02-08 07:10|| Front Page Top

#3 I actually see the Democrats going the way of the wigs. They are trapped by the multicultural don't-rock-the-boat bullshit that pisses everyone off.

The Republicans just didn't act like republicans and got booted for it.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-02-08 09:31|| 2007-02-08 09:31|| Front Page Top

#4 I see the Democrats as the party at risk right now. I think they need the center to be elected and the radical wing will not allow them to be centrist. This contradiction will eventually cause a revolt within the party with the radicals jump into the Green party.

If the Dems are lucky they'll shed the anti-Americans and Socialists (mucho cross-over there) and might court the Libertarians and become a healthy party once again.

If the Dems are unlucky the revolt will gut them and the more centrist Dems will become Republicans or Independents and the Greens replace them as the primary opposition. In this scenerio the Republicans dominate for a few cycles without much competition.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-02-08 11:47|| 2007-02-08 11:47|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't see either party as very healthy at the moment. It will depend on how they handle the upcoming disaster of Iran/China/NKor, the collapse of Western Europe (coming within five years), and the re-establishment of conservative thought as the majority revolts against multiculturalism and relativism. We will either see the rise of one or more new parties, the revival of existing parties, both, or something totally different. The one thing that can be guaranteed is that things will change.

In less than 30 years, the last of the Roosevelt Democrats will be gone. That will have a major impact on the entire political scene. If I were a politician, I'd be very, very worried.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-02-08 20:32|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-02-08 20:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Nope, just the way of the (UK) Tories. If you stand for nothing, nobody will stand with you.

Posted by DMFD 2007-02-08 20:54|| 2007-02-08 20:54|| Front Page Top

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