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zonmoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 10:44 PM
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Third Time
Something's happening. I have a feeling we're at some new beginning, that a big breakup's coming, and that though it isn't and will not be immediately apparent, we'll someday look back on this era as the time when a shift began.

All my adult life, people have been saying that the two-party system is ending, that the Democrats' and Republicans' control of political power in America is winding down. According to the traditional critique, the two parties no longer offer the people the choice they want and deserve. Sometimes it's said they are too much alike--Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Sometimes it's said they're too polarizing--too red and too blue for a nation in which many see things through purple glasses.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110008453
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 10:46 PM
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1. There's a two party system in this country?
What the hell? When did they do this and why wasn't I informed!? I can almost feel a one party Empire from here!! Big money is all for it!
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Emit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 11:01 PM
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2. Does anyone else think that this is weird coming from Peggy Noonan?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but, it just seems odd that she would write this.

I don't see any potential party, or potential candidate, on the scene right now who can harness the disaffection of growing portions of the electorate. But a new group or entity that could define the problem correctly--that sees the big divide not as something between the parties but between America's ruling elite and its people--would be making long strides in putting third party ideas in play in America again.
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 11:07 PM
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3. I guess that means the Bushites are merely pikers,,,,,,,,
make way for the REAL fascists. Peggy Noonan is scary.
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