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Dump the G.O.P. for a Grand New Party; Tom Friedman
Topic Started: Jun 8 2016, 07:52 AM (361 Views)
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If a party could declare moral bankruptcy, today’s Republican Party would be in Chapter 11.

This party needs to just shut itself down and start over — now. Seriously, someone please start a New Republican Party!

America needs a healthy two-party system. America needs a healthy center-right party to ensure that the Democrats remain a healthy center-left party. America needs a center-right party ready to offer market-based solutions to issues like climate change. America needs a center-right party that will support common-sense gun laws. America needs a center-right party that will support common-sense fiscal policy. America needs a center-right party to support both free trade and aid to workers impacted by it. America needs a center-right party that appreciates how much more complicated foreign policy is today, when you have to manage weak and collapsing nations, not just muscle strong ones.

But this Republican Party is none of those things. Today’s G.O.P. is to governing what Trump University is to education — an ethically challenged enterprise that enriches and perpetuates itself by shedding all pretense of standing for real principles, or a truly relevant value proposition, and instead plays on the ignorance and fears of the public.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/opinion/dump-the-gop-for-a-grand-new-party.html
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Attaburnsinhell

''America needs a center right party'' what a load of crap. Tom Friedman is a moron

America has a center right party, it's called the democrats. By European standards, that would mean rightwing. The republicans are just further right

America needs an actual left to counter the two rightwing parties that control and have ruined the country, but we just threw that away






Edited by Attaburnsinhell, Jun 8 2016, 08:13 AM.
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Good. Start your own party.
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Attaburnsinhell

Stop putting up stupid articles
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Atta, Che is gone, the Revolution never started, the SDS and the Weathermen now live in the suburbs.

America is by it's nature, centrist. For example, I'm a a staunch supporter of the 2nd Amendment, I have a couple rifles, a shotgun, a pistol, even have an authentic 2 weapon Cherokee tomahawk and long knife combo. But, at the same time, no, I don't think you need a M2. 50 caliber machine gun for home defense, so I'm perfectly ok with some common sense gun control law.

I believe in a robust society of every creed,color, religion, etc..etc...I honestly believe in what is written on Ole Lady Liberty to be one of America's greatest epitaphs should we ever go the way of the Roman Empire.

I'm a religous man myself, but I don't believe my faith should be the guiding legal principles of this nation.

I don't believe abortion should be on demand, and I see nothing wrong with some, I repeat, some of the ideas being floated out by the anti-abortion crowd. But, I want the option for women. I don't want them guilted, or feeling ashamed at recognizing they shouldn't be forced into motherhood.

I'm for greatly reducing the Tax Code, removing the multitude of loopholes, and legal exits that more wealthier men then me helped put into the tax code to ensure their own wealth was kept safe. I don't like the idea of the Estate Tax, if I want to give my sons the wealth I've manufactured, the Federal Government shouldn't be able to get their hands on it twice. But....I do recognize that those with great wealth also have a greater responsibility to use that wealth to ensure a healthy economy, and hence why I don't mind a progressive tax system.

Americans hate chaos, love stability...as I said..a centrist nation
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Attaburnsinhell
Jun 8 2016, 08:45 AM
Stop putting up stupid articles
No.

Getting that thought (maybe?) from you is proof it's relevant.
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Closed, dup thread, original is at http://unitedstates.com/topic/8457053/1/#new
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