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Originally Posted by Oberon
I think that is the thing that has been the undoing of the Republicans of late, well, one of them anyway. The Democrats have been laying out some pretty obvious traps for them, and they're just running into them with a big smile on their face. The Syrian vote was a trap, but the Russians managed to save the Republicans (that's something I never thought I'd type).
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I do agree.
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There's been very little political sense in the GOP for a while, since they just walk, or perhaps are pushed by their radical members, into some very obvious traps and it's costing them.
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I think as a party it is having a major identity crises. There's many more ideological divisions within the Republican party then the Democrats.
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Not sure I'd agree with you on the whole one party system thing, but obviously America has a different way of conducting things than the rest of the world, so I wouldn't start to say about some sort of totalitarian takeover of the US and the destruction of the US constitution.
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It's not going to happen overnight, but the way things are going, unless things change drastically, I think it will happen. Maybe not within my lifetime, but most certainly within the lifetime of my unborn child's. Especially if the only counter to the Democrats is fragmented, stumbles into political traps, and is unable to garner enough votes as a result.
What's more, currently the notion of "compromise" is right out. It's obviously out with the two parties, and its seen as a sign of weakness from their supporters. Personally, while I am not a big fan of the GOP, i am so throughly disgusted with the Democrats that I cannot force myself to listen to anything they have to say anymore. Watching Fienstien, Reid, or Obama speak? I can't do it. Watching any Democrat talking head only makes me angry. So i guess compromise is lost on me as well.
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As for the standing, well, 'the chosen one' has certainly made some hefty foreign policy blunders which have only compounded those made by his predecessor.
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True. It has never been lost on me that a lot of the BS we have today was started by Bush.