[sandorski]

Thanos wrote:

Sort of like what the Bolsheviks did in the Kerensky Parliament of 1917.

(yup, I said it, they're as bad as effin' Communists are; I wanted to compare them to another infamous parliamentary sabotaging from nearly 80-odd years ago but we all know the accusations that would start flying around if I did that )

lol, crossed my mind as well.

[herbie]

Americans have this mistaken idea that everywhere else "the state" tells people what to do. It's some Communist bogeyman.
The rest of us democracies see "the state: as a tool. Give me (my EI extension, pension, daycare) or we'll vote your ass out of office.
Some Americans have a hard time admitting the even have a society, they might be branded as socialists. The "I'm all right Jack, fuck you" mentality is alive and well. "I might throw a nickel in the blind man's cup but nobody's gonna MAKE ME pay a nickel to cure blindness."

[haslaki]

Learn how I was granted the right and the priviledge of issuing international SPAM how it is about to turn into a real nightmare for me as I have 38 pounds lodged in my rectum.

[Bruce_E_T]

Proculation wrote:

Scape wrote:

No it is a party in ruin because they let the camel in the tent. The new American century nonsense that hijacked the GOP also made it possible for the tea party to make inroads and have taken the party hostage from within. Now the party is virtually ungovernable and there is no way to strike up a bargain with them. It is an all or nothing gambit with them and this game of chicken they are playing is going to ruin us all.

An interesting point of view I've read some days ago says that it may be the beginning of a change of the biparty political system of the US. That the two Old Establishment Parties are getting so disconnected that they will crumble and new ones will surface: a real Tea Party 'Party' and a real Social-Democrat Party. Those parties would be more about ideas than politics like the Dems and the GOP.

I think it may be a time for the corrosion of the two party system. You have a society that seems to be in perpetual crisis and two traditional parties that seem unable to provide effective leadership to deal with the problems. This is fertile soil for the Tea Party or any other group that can provide a believable alternative. You need go no further than the Republican hopefuls for the Presidential nomination to see there is a serious problem here.