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Bush eyes the 'Big Enchilada'
tommyilromano:
--- Quote from: Overseer on November 13, 2004, 07:45:43 AM ---
something i've wondered.. does america have a significant third party?
in the UK we have (listed by my perceived size) 'New Labour' / Conservsatives / Liberal Democrats
the "Lib dems" are a way behind the other 2.. but the gap is closing.. the conservatives have slipped..
Labour used to be left wing, but revamped and swung into centre.. they made the right wing conservatives look old and out of date.. and all these years later they still do.. the lib dems are a bit wet but they're good peoples :D
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No, the U.S. does not.
M Dogg™:
--- Quote from: tommyilromano on November 13, 2004, 12:45:09 PM ---
--- Quote from: Overseer on November 13, 2004, 07:45:43 AM ---
something i've wondered.. does america have a significant third party?
in the UK we have (listed by my perceived size) 'New Labour' / Conservsatives / Liberal Democrats
the "Lib dems" are a way behind the other 2.. but the gap is closing.. the conservatives have slipped..
Labour used to be left wing, but revamped and swung into centre.. they made the right wing conservatives look old and out of date.. and all these years later they still do.. the lib dems are a bit wet but they're good peoples :D
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No, the U.S. does not.
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I don't think so either. I think real liberals need to take back our party. All a 3rd party will do is split the liberal vote, we seen what happened in 2000 when the Greens took a fraction of the liberal vote. We need real liberals to lead our so called liberal party. We also need to show that infact we are a religious party too. I mean, most of Jesus teachings are liberal so we need to promote that too for Bible Country. Just my opinion though. We need real liberals, and learn to promote our party.
*Jamal*:
Bush can eye deeeez nuts... Republicans ain't getting Cali unless bigots, trailer trash, and Mormons unify to become the majority in the state...
tommyilromano:
I don't know the situation in Cali 1st hand... Shit, I don't really know the situation in the US since I have been stationed in Turkey for a while but I just thought it was an interesting article especially since the article isn't coming from Fox News or any right wing news source. It came from the fucking Guardian and it was written by a democratic strategist so thats why I posted the article. I think it carries more weight because of this fact and I also think the democrats are in trouble. The reality is the Democrats have been losing seats for a while now and all I hear from anyone is its just a trend or its because its a war time President. People can say what they want but the democrats are in real trouble and if they lose more seats in 06 they will be on life support. I am not a Republican or a Democrat. I lean to the right but Socially and economically there are a number of issues I agree with the democrats on.
Suffice:
The Republicans aren't gettin cali in 2008 for sure. Californians are mad that Bush won, and they'll vote the same exact way in the next elections. For most people right now, Bush = all Republicans.
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