When it comes right down to it, there's really never been that much disparity between political parties in the U.S. Monarchy and democracy = different. Stalinism and Fascism = different. Democrats and Republicans = different emphases, but same story. It's been like this since Adams and Jefferson fought it out in 1800, and it's been like that ever since. Sure, each party's policies come out appearing differently, but at heart, they mostly agree.
Exhibit A - Iraq. Jon Stewart sheds light on the Iraq policies of Bush and Obama. It's only four minutes, and it's very enlightening. And, very funny.
(NOTE FOR PARENTS - THERE ARE SOME BLEEPED-OUT EXPLETIVES IN THIS VIDEO)
Exhibit B - Economics. BOTH parties agree on deficit spending, government bailouts, federal welfare, the devaluation of the dollar via excess printing of bills, and a host of other things. They just disagree on exactly HOW MUCH should be spent. Republicans want less, and Democrats want more. But they both still want it.
That's enough exhibits. Besides, the main reason I posted in the first place was because Jon Stewart hit the nail on the head, and made me laugh.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
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Wow, you didn’t get any reaction (at least in comment form) to this post. I was sure it would stir up Mr. Lee or Mr. Butcher at the very least.
First of all, Mr. Stewart’s sarcasm is incredibly spot on. There is little difference in the policies of Bush and Obama.
As a clarification: Are you are saying ‘that there is no difference in the actual Rep and Dem parties’ or ‘that there is no difference in a conservative mindset and a liberal mindset’? I agree with the first as stated above. The second points out the failure of a one dimensional right vs left distinction. I have been fascinated by two dimensional political charts for a while (more because of my spatial thinking then anything) and this guy gives has a good article about them:
http://www.reformthelp.org/marketing/positioning/models.php
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