the partisan ploy/joke
after watching the president give his speech on television about immigration, I took it upon myself to read the stories from both Fox and CNN. both sides played their expected roles to perfection. Fox glorified the Republicans while demonizing Obama....CNN made Obama look like a hero while making the Republicans look like trouble makers. 42% of Americans do not register as either a Republican or Democrat, but as independent, such as myself. by far, a much higher percentage than the two main parties. many of us in-betweeners have grown wise to the ploys used by both parties. little arguments like this rarely swing our votes. smear campaigns generally turn us away. what it boils down to for a lot of us is how the decisions each party is making affect our everyday lives. in particular, financially. so, Democrats and Republicans: play your little games all you want for the next few years. come election day, the smear campaigns won't be in our minds. it's how much our rent/mortgage has gone up. it's how far our money has stretched, or not stretched. economics get presidents elected/reelected, not foreign policy or border wars.
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we would have to further define what is conservative and what is liberal, I suppose. if you mean economically, I propose both. the last time both parties really negotiated on economics was during the term of Bill Clinton. he had a Republican Congress, and they worked together to find a solution. the result: the best US economy we have had in the last20 years. we actually were reducing the deficit and even had surplus. the last two presidents we have had have done no such thing. 2
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other than that, what type of liberalism are you talking about? classical liberalism or social liberalism? what type of conservatism? liberal, conservative liberalism, libertarian, fiscal conservatism, national/traditional, cultural/social, religious or progressive conservatism? 1
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I believe you may also be asking me about culturally following liberal or conservative paths. should he hold on to traditionalism, a conservative view, or advance as a society, a liberal view. I say both. they say one or the other. I have a feeling, though, that the powers that be will continue to push us into globalization, whether we like it or not. if you are a Bible believing man, sir, even the Bible supports this theory as in the last days the world will fall under one government, one state religion and one power. even if you are not, the U.N. already has a map set out for the world to be divided into 10 regions. it is inevitable. |
