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Title: Two Party System
Post by: Blakenzy on July 16, 2015, 10:55:22 PM

Maybe it doesn't really matter who is in power, so long as you are on good financial terms with them?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hedging-bets-in-2016-donors-give-money-to-bush-and-clinton/2015/07/16/6d152bca-2bfc-11e5-960f-22c4ba982ed4_story.html

Title: Re: Two Party System
Post by: dogmush on July 17, 2015, 11:33:37 AM

Ya Think?

Title: Re: Two Party System
Post by: wmenorr67 on July 17, 2015, 01:17:15 PM

Oh so we aren't talking about one on Friday night and then another on Saturday?

Title: Re: Two Party System
Post by: griz on July 17, 2015, 09:42:56 PM

Yea, they are pretty much the right and left wings of the same bird.

Title: Re: Two Party System
Post by: Jocassee on July 17, 2015, 09:45:46 PM

The biggest harbinger of impending doom in this country is the number of former GOP stalwarts (myself included) who are now insurrectionists.

The GOP has never been good at its ostensible job (preserving freedom). These days they can't even be bothered to win the occasional vote in Congress.

Sweet Meteor of Death 2016.

Title: Re: Two Party System
Post by: Jamisjockey on July 17, 2015, 10:31:15 PM

After all the doom and gloom that was spoken about Obama during his first election....wall street tossed more money his way than at Mccain.

Title: Re: Two Party System
Post by: SADShooter on July 17, 2015, 11:17:53 PM

Quote from: jamisjockey on July 17, 2015, 10:31:15 PM

After all the doom and gloom that was spoken about Obama during his first election....wall street tossed more money his way than at Mccain.

Social welfare pacifies the masses and the consumer economy keeps chugging along. Institutional investors gain while the muscle of the economy withers away. What's not to like?

"That's not an iceberg, just your imagination. Look, Caitlyn Jenner's giving an interview on TMZ!"

Title: Re: Two Party System
Post by: TommyGunn on July 18, 2015, 12:09:53 PM

Quote from: jamisjockey on July 17, 2015, 10:31:15 PM

After all the doom and gloom that was spoken about Obama during his first election....wall street tossed more money his way than at Mccain.

Don't you realize that you're supposed to buy off the demorat and buy the repukeagain?  [tinfoil] >:D

Title: Re: Two Party System
Post by: Hawkmoon on July 18, 2015, 11:01:45 PM

My father was an ardent Republican, and a member of my home town's Republican Town Committee. He died in 1983 and for at least ten years before he died I was telling him that the reason I refused to register as a Republican was (and still is) that the two-party system was hopelessly broken.

In a world of rapid change, it's reassuring to know that some things remain immutable.