dorminWS wrote:Y'all ever notice how political issues elevate the level of discussion here?
It has just bumped us up from God-given Second Amendment rights to buttsex and blowjobs. How inspiring.
Politics has a way of bringing out the positions that normally aren't part of typical conversation in most social circles. Sex, as a political issue, has affected elections in the past, but to my knowledge not to the extent that it affects the outcome. Only in the last decade or so have we seen it come more to the fore. That became very apparent when Clinton changed the Oval Office to the Oral Office. I wonder why this seems to be the case?
Might be because the voting public doesn't pay attention anymore to the issues that really matter. Apathy, as a tool to change and re-focus public opinion, seems to be the new norm in political discourse. The media have become experts at changing public opinion, and it appears to me to be so easy for them because people are apathetic about politics.
The GOP tries to play this game, but fails miserably, I think, because of the players in the right-leaning media outlets. Face it, we don't have the media on our side, so we have to find another way to cut through the general apathy in the public. Getting our message out is mission critical. The GOP has been sowing the seeds of its own destruction for decades by not paying attention. Now all of a sudden they have discovered they're a lot further behind than they thought. They missed the boat and are trying to find a way back on. Good luck.
If you want to see what happens when there are three or more political parties, just look around the world at those countries where this occurs. What do the get for voting their conscience? They have arrived at the destination we are heading for. None of them are democracies. They're all ruled by left-wing dick-taters who have been successful at what the left, and to some extent the right, in this country is doing. The vast majority of the population is on the public dole getting "free" stuff, and those in power know full well that it doesn't matter that its a barb-less hook. Once the hook is set the willing morons clamp down hard and won't let go.
Those places are our future, and it's arriving faster than we think. I'd love to see the republicans and libertarians get together. Sure, there are differences, but if this country is to survive we have to compromise amongst ourselves if we are ever going to have any hope of turning the tide. Then when we get back in power there can be NO compromise with the left.
Heaven help us if we miss the boat again.
Progressives/Liberals - Promoting tyranny and a defenseless people since 1913.
