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antigop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-01-07 01:49 PM
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U.S. 2-party system looks like a 2-family system to some voters
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=10312

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Forty per cent of Americans have never lived when there wasn't a Bush or a Clinton in the White House. Anyone got a problem with that?

With Hillary Rodham Clinton hoping to tack another four or eight "Clinton" years on to the Bush-Clinton-Bush presidential pattern, talk of Bush-Clinton fatigue is increasingly cropping up in the national political debate.
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pretty_lies Donating Member (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-01-07 01:52 PM
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1. TWO Parties?
What's the other one?
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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-01-07 01:55 PM
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2.  Chelsea Clinton and George P. Bush are waiting in the wings.
How do you stop a 'dynasty'?
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-01-07 01:57 PM
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3. You just don't vote for them. (unfortunately, it only works if others are with you)
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Trillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-01-07 02:06 PM
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4. Interesting question.
dynasty implies 'success' and 'wealth'.

How do we get out from under The One Money Party which largely denies money to the masses (or strictly limits it) and concentrates gross amounts of money only in their few hands?

Democracy. A republic or representatives that is truly responsive to its citizens, and legislates accordingly.

Is it now an empty dream? Can the democratic aspect of representation be reasserted with boldness?

The top candidates are still measuring their success with the yardstick of dollars and how big their 'warchest' is ---> dyansty
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-01-07 04:57 PM
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5. No one has thought there are 2 parties for decades now . . ..
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