Activists seize control of politics

jank

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37468.html

As the saying goes "may we live in interesting times". Hard to get my head around all of this. People are hurting and it is clear that both the progressives on the left and the tea party on the right are trying to get their voice across. Thing is though it wont make ruling the country any easier come November or in the near future. In fact it will make it a lot harder. So are we witnessing the new era of American politics where there will be a proper split of the 2 main parties giving voters more choice? Or just a vicious polarization of both parties with the center forgotten about.

Amerika

It might actually make things better, because some of the “new blood” won’t be beholding to party bosses, and have to vote straight down party lines.

(I didn’t see Gibbs this morning. I wonder if he was grilled about the recent votes being a referendum against the current administration, and if Gibbs pulled a Baghdad Bob in response?)

kev9100

jank wrote: »

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37468.html

As the saying goes "may we live in interesting times". Hard to get my head around all of this. People are hurting and it is clear that both the progressives on the left and the tea party on the right are trying to get their voice across. Thing is though it wont make ruling the country any easier come November or in the near future. In fact it will make it a lot harder. So are we witnessing the new era of American politics where there will be a proper split of the 2 main parties giving voters more choice? Or just a vicious polarization of both parties with the center forgotten about.

I don't think it will change much to be honest. Politics in the US has been deadloked for at least 4 years and this deadlock will simply continue.

steelcityblues

Longer than four years in fairness!

Amerika

Yes, activists are taking control!

Question: What publications do you think this warning label appears on?
























Answer: The "warning label" from Wilder Publications appears on reprints of the US Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, Common Sense, the Articles of Confederation, and the Federalist Papers and others. Thank you Progressives!
<< considered by me to be a review>>

alastair

Amerika wrote: »

Wingnut cause célèbre of the month?

I'd have thought that the champions of free market forces would just choose to buy their extra copies of the constitution from, you know, a different publisher? Problem solved. I'm also loving the tunnel vision that simply ignores the fact that this publisher apply the warning as a boilerplate to everything above a certain age they publish - you'd think this was some sort of directed PC attack against whatever skewed interpretation of the constitution/declaration holds sway with the right these days. But that's a tastier morsel of two minute hate than the reality allows.

Overheal

Lone Publication Company?

Im not sure if I would find the same warning label if I went to the library to read one of those so-called "banned" books. Names of which escape me. Oh wait, the interweb

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_by_governments

...that were published by the likes of Scholastic, etc. Though now Im almost curious, and the next time Im by a Barnes and Noble I'll give you an update.

Amerika

Overheal wrote: »

Im not sure if I would find the same warning label if I went to the library to read one of those so-called "banned" books.

What so-called banned books? Who made mention of banned books?

Overheal

Amerika wrote: »

What so-called banned books? Who made mention of banned books?

Oh nobody. But we were talking about a publisher using strange disclaimers on the Constitution reprints. Im simply arguing you probably wouldnt find the same on say, Alice in Wonderland, or Pride and Prejudice, from the same publisher.

Amerika

Overheal wrote: »

Oh nobody. But we were talking about a publisher using strange disclaimers on the Constitution reprints. Im simply arguing you probably wouldnt find the same on say, Alice in Wonderland, or Pride and Prejudice, from the same publisher.

Got it, thanks. Thought I missed out on something or that I was confusing people again (seems I have a tendency to do that at times ). The example I provided and the point I was trying to make was that this Political Correctness nonsense, pushed by activists, has gone way to far.

Manic Moran

Sortof as an aside, I'm quite pleased with the passage of Prop 14 in California. Basically moves the general election from November to June, with a guaranteed run-off between the top two vote-getters in November.

NTM

Denerick

American politics is a cesspit, all we can do is vainly try to understand the dispirate forces at work. Right now the tea party is radicalising the Republican Party, making them unelectable. Universally despised Democratic institutions like Harry Reid will probably hang onto their seat because the tea partiers nominated a nut to run against him.

Liberals and progressives across the world have a lot to thank the Tea partiers for. Now if only Democrats and Liberals grew a spine and stood up to the reckless populism of these ingrates, the US might stand a chance of remaining a global superpower with some moral authority in the world.