From GOPbloggers

Our Democrats, and especially their leftwing core, seems bent on following their beliefs right up to and over the electoral cliff. They really don't know (or at least so rigidly refuse to admit to facts that its as if they don't know) that leftwing political ideology has been rejected utterly by the American people. Its been examined, observed in action, discussed thoroughly and found to be flawed; and deeply flawed at that. The American people have no affinity for people who demand the release of cop-killers, consider abortion a positive moral good, want to judicially impose gay marriage, think the terrorists have a point or two about the United States and think that the broad mass of Americans are ignorant, hate-filled bigots too stupid to know whats good for them.

That really does sort of sum it up, doesn't it?

I really would like to see the Democratic Party collapse entirely, cut free the far left activists that are currently pinning them down (let them form their own socialist party or something) and rise from the ashes with a more moderate message... a larger tent.

I think the Republican Party is doing a decent enough job encompassing a large variety of us. The Far Right may call the moderate middle RINOs, but we still feel at home here. I have a feeling that the new Republicans that we are generating are even more center-centric. Some day I hope that even the Log Cabin Republicans feel that they have a home here as well. Personally, I don't have a problem with Gay people who cherish conservative values (I don't necessarily equate conservative values with religious values, I only recognize that religion is a strong supporter of conservative values)

I think that a non-polarized two party syystem is the most effective, with a large core group in the middle forming alliances across party lines to get essential legislation passed, with the national mood swinging liberal or conservative as our prevailing culture desires.

Posted by Michael at March 13, 2005 02:04 PM