tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1042042552998680556.post5631959767553013942..comments2024-02-02T08:15:38.747-08:00Comments on The Elephant in the Room: Are Political Parties Thicker than... Everything?LMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18429716019519498131noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1042042552998680556.post-3580749649218401862012-05-22T04:11:55.356-07:002012-05-22T04:11:55.356-07:00Booker has now said that it was "wrong" ...Booker has now said that it was "wrong" to say what he did against Obama and for Romney. This writeup has teeth. Thank you for bringing it to light.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1042042552998680556.post-7866499442650651252012-05-21T08:50:41.226-07:002012-05-21T08:50:41.226-07:00I think this merely comes down to the same concept...I think this merely comes down to the same concept from the last reader's post. <br /><br />Summarizing what my take was:<br />“We have only two real political parties but a literally limitless number of possible political, fiscal, national and social standpoints. It is 100% IMPOSSIBLE for one political party to properly represent all of the exact views of millions of people on every one of these issue. <br /><br />This doesn't necessarily prove hypocriticalness as much as it merely demonstrates the balance of different priorities. <br /><br />Some people prioritize religion, some people prioritize jobs, others social issues and freedoms, and others the economy. <br /><br />Believing that one party represents your personal priorities best, regardless of the issues you may disagree on with that party, doesn't make you a hypocrite. If anything, it points to the inherent flaw in a continually growing divisive two-party system that attempts to define every single issue as a simple ‘yay or nay?’”<br /><br />I definitely do agree that to some, political party affiliation is almost as if it’s a religious stance (and unchangeable as such). But I also feel that’s more of an outlier than a common principle.RKennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1042042552998680556.post-62576869254257256302012-05-21T08:21:45.039-07:002012-05-21T08:21:45.039-07:00Yes this is a big issue on both sides.
I dont re...Yes this is a big issue on both sides. <br /><br />I dont really get your issue with Cory Booker<br /><br />He stated he did not agree with people attacking romney on the bain capital stuff.<br /><br />That does not mean he thinks romney is a better candidate or that he is going to switch his whole platform just because he does not agree with how dem's are attacking him.<br /><br />What do you think he should have said? Seems like he did the right thing and stoop up against his own party and told them he did not agree with them. That does not mean he wants them to loose or that he would rather have romney as a president. It just means he thinks they should take a different approach.<br /><br />Mabee im missing something?Loyal Watcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03242032431731399108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1042042552998680556.post-78840111191990489542012-05-21T07:33:47.511-07:002012-05-21T07:33:47.511-07:00Very well written and good points. I like that you...Very well written and good points. I like that you wrote about this. There aren't many scientific conclusions to be made, but the fact that we can have a discussion and debate it is big. I think it is true that when you blindly follow someone, and this gets expressed across the whole nation, it is dangerous and toxic to that nation. Just ask Germany starting in the 1920s.MN 4 Ricknoreply@blogger.com