Boltlady
Mayor
Although I have every intention of voting for Ron Paul it won't be because he is a republican, it will be in spite of it. The very fact that the 'mainstream' doesn't like him is one of the things that makes him so appealing. He is not a lemming the way the rest of them are.
The repugnant thing about the GOP is the 'requirement' that everybody stay in lockstep. If the leader wants to go over that proverbial cliff, like it or not the rest are fully expected to follow or they will feel the wrath of the hierarchy. They all dutifully repeat their talking points without any interjection of their very own ideas. Compromise is only ever used if they are backed completely into a corner.
It's getting bad enough that so few people actually think anything through anymore, but it's as though so many republicans don't have to even bother. They just do as they're told.
Of course you then have the opposite problem with the democrats. They rarely seem to agree with each other on anything. They seem so intent on going off in their respective directions that it's hard for them to actually accomplish anything.
The absolute irony here is that they are simply opposite sides of the same coin. This guarantees that people will become involved with arguing with each other instead of recognizing the downward spiral that they're in. After a number of years in my life of being a democrat I came to see that both are bad news and am now independent.
The repugnant thing about the GOP is the 'requirement' that everybody stay in lockstep. If the leader wants to go over that proverbial cliff, like it or not the rest are fully expected to follow or they will feel the wrath of the hierarchy. They all dutifully repeat their talking points without any interjection of their very own ideas. Compromise is only ever used if they are backed completely into a corner.
It's getting bad enough that so few people actually think anything through anymore, but it's as though so many republicans don't have to even bother. They just do as they're told.
Of course you then have the opposite problem with the democrats. They rarely seem to agree with each other on anything. They seem so intent on going off in their respective directions that it's hard for them to actually accomplish anything.
The absolute irony here is that they are simply opposite sides of the same coin. This guarantees that people will become involved with arguing with each other instead of recognizing the downward spiral that they're in. After a number of years in my life of being a democrat I came to see that both are bad news and am now independent.