Would you like the Republican Party to be completely eradicated

[Toots]

or do you feel there is value in having two opposing parties? I think it is good to get an opposing viewpoint. It causes you to think. Two heads are better than one even if they differ IMO. While I am adamantly opposed to Slime and Corruption I still see value in opposing viewpoints. It is the Abuse of Power that I find absolutely unacceptable. A good leader will bring into their Administration opposing view for an all around viewpoint so as to make the best decisions. Clinton did that Lincoln did that but Republicans do not. Only Republican viewpoints are ever entertained and that is the main reason they are complete failures at governing. IMO It is their arrogance and it will be their downfall.

[iconoclastic cat]

1. Two parties, yes. These two parties? Not so much. nt

[Tesha]

34. What iconoclast said.

There's nothing wrong with a party that is truly "fiscally
conservative".

Asking "Does the school really need a new boiler this year?"
is a fine question as long as one is ready to accept as an
answer "Yes, last year we spent $57,345 on maintaining the
old one and the repair guy is already planning on buying a
new boat on *THIS* year's upcoming further repair expenditures."

Everyone should care where the money comes from and where it
goes and that we're making the best possible uses of it.

On the other hand, a party that spends its time keeping
track of whether the right genders are sleeping with each
other, or whether I'm on the phone talking about the Pres-
ident, or tries to keep me from working at the same jobs
as the men and earning the same pay for doing it is probably
a party we'd be much better-off without.

So while there's clearly a place for a certain kind of
Republican, there's really no need for the 2006-model
Republicans.

Tesha

[SteppingRazor]

2. Hell, in a perfect world, we'd have proportional representation...

and have 20 or 30 parties

[LostinVA]

15. I would LOVE that n/t

[marions ghost]

19. that is the way to go

proportional representation.

The 2-party system is too bipolar and simplistic for these times.

[0007]

46. You just ain't a woofing dixie there.....

Let's get back to who owns this government. The people not the corporations.

[MrScorpio]

66. Best answer

spread the wealth

[Gold Metal Flake]

3. I won't be satisfied until we are hunting Repukes with dogs.

I don't want to destroy the Republican party, I just want to shrink it down until it's small enough to drown in a bathtub.

[leftofthedial]

5. well put

[zbdent]

8. I want them as a footnote to history

like the Whigs ... "Gee, Dad ... did you ever hear of something called a Republican?"

"Yes, son. They were very corrupt, and they all got on big boats to sail off to find the new world ... a world where they could force their religion on simple folk ..."

Imagine the technology and the greatness that America could achieve without the "conservatives" exercising their definition and trying to eradicate progress ... in fact, trying to go uphill by throwing the car in reverse ...

[bleedingheart]

17. I like the analogy..

[Gold Metal Flake]

23. FDR sez...

"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, radio address, Oct. 26, 1939

[The Anti-Neo Con]

57. Nice quote!

I think I may put that in my sig!

[marions ghost]

26. yep!

a "footnote in history"-- way back around the Millenium a bunch of ultra-conservative thieves under a crazed leadership hijacked the Ship of State and drove it onto the rocks. A dark time. But the stunned and seasick people riding on this broken vessel eventually woke up and threw them overboard...

Thereafter the word "Republican" refers to the worst manifestation of greed and corruption in American history. Republicans = The most self-centered, irresponsible and degenerate party ever to control the United States.

They need to go back and reinvent the wheel. They're history.

:thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: in November :puke:

[TexasProgresive]

30. Federalist>Whigs>RePugnants

You can't eliminate them they just change their name when the light is too bright. There is no destroying them- if we do they will reemerge under a new cover.

[zbdent]

32. Kinda like Creationism, er, Intelligent Design, er,

what is coming up after I.D. is totally thrown out of the courts?

I'm sure that the Reichies have a list of 9 billion names for Creationism ...

[Initech]

49. Yeah, we should undergo Soviet-style de-nazification of them.

[Chipper Chat]

16. 'drown it in a bathtub'

Now that's "getting your Groover on"

[Gold Metal Flake]

18. Stuffed Grover

[conscious evolution]

45. I want it shrunk down to the size of a

turd.Then we can flush it down the crapper.

[leftofthedial]

4. republicans have proven without ambiguity that they hate America

Nixon, Ford, raygun, george the first and now king george have done more harm to this country than all our enemies throughout all of our hsitory combined.

They have no respect for the people of the country (except the very few super-wealthy), no respect for the Constitution, no respect for our military, no respect for the environment and no respect for the rest of the world.

They must be eradicated. It is a matter of the survival of our species.

[MrModerate]

6. The traditional Democratic-Republican axis has broken down . . .

Like other times in American history when a political party has foundered and then sunk (Whigs, anyone?).

I'm not sure a two-party system is viable anymore. With some modifications to the electoral college so you could actually elect a president (almost certainly a one-termer), a multiparty system (three, four, or more) might be more appropriate for the 21st Century.

[natrat]

9. winner take all system is bogus

the surender monkeys over there in yurup with proportional representation have a way better deal me thinks

[natrat]

7. fuck yea....sprinkle some roach powder down

[in_cog_ni_to]

10. YES, Spay and Neuter Republicans.

:hi:

[japple]

11. No, I'd just like to see money taken out of politics and

publicly funded. We would probably benefit by having several political parties. I'd be more inclined to be a member of the Liberal Party than the Democratic Party.

[Karenca]

12. Do I feel there is value in having two oppsing parties?

Of course.

Would I like the Republican Party to be completely eradicated?

Yes.

[FormerDem06]

13. The two party system is the perfect diversion for the rich on both sides

They get to have us scream at each other, spend all of our eneries getting mad at each other, and they fleece each and every one of us of every last dollar, just to stay in power and get reelected and personally wealthier. It makes me so sick I can't put it into words.

I don't think it's a Republican or Democratic problem, I think it's corrupt two-party politics that few in either house or any of the three branches of government can seem to rise above.

That just blows me away to be honest.

[marions ghost]

28. agree

this bipolar situation makes it so easy for the powerful to just play the 2 sides off each other and scoop up their take. The "winner take all" 2-party system is NOT working....it's undermining the country.

[LondonReign2]

14. No

Just the NeoCons and religiously insane that have taken over the Republican party.

[liberalmuse]

20. Yes. The Republicans Party has become corrupt beyond redemption.

The Democratic Party would be the more conservative Party and the Green Party would be our liberal Party. Now I've never voted Green, because we do not have good Green candidates here in Utah, but I agree 100% with their platform.

[Vox Acerbus]

21. No, Republicans are actually very useful...

If there's only one party, then how can you tell who the evil ones are among you?

Right now it's easy, just look for the "R"...

[Jed Dilligan]

22. There should be at least five parties

I one's called Republican, I don't mind.

[Subdivisions]

24. I want to see the Republican Party become an historical

footnote. Things like homophobism, elitism, racism and probably a whole lot of other "isms" that are manifested by the GOP as a result of their religious idiom make me wonder whatever happened to separating the church (and religious beliefs) from the state.

[truebrit71]

25. Yes. Next bloody stupid question....

...:evilgrin:

[Swamp Rat]

59. LOL!

:D

[BurtWorm]

27. Nay, just humiliated.

:patriot:

Or eviscerated.

[HughBeaumont]

29. No. I'd like to see it become more Eisenhoweresque, though.

The brand of Repuke we have now is a loathsome one. Fueled by a bunch of callous, self-important, ruthless and reactionary pro-corporate jingoists, the modern Republican has become a vile blackened shitshard product of John Birch, Phyllis Schlafly and Ronald Reagan. They don't even think anymore. If it means hating or fearing someone or something, they're all for it. Let's kill us some browns and piss on the poor, because'n we're all gonna be rich like Cheney someday, Ah guarandamnTEE that!

[Selatius]

31. How about we JUNK THE ENTIRE SYSTEM and institute...

proportional representation? Or a mixed system that includes some elements of proportional representation? Or how about we simply dissolve the Union and go our separate ways citing irreconcilable differences?

[LoZoccolo]

33. You are presenting us with a false choice.

Would you like the Republican Party to be completely eradicated or do you feel there is value in having two opposing parties?

I would like the Republican Party to be completely eradicated, and I feel there is value in having two opposing parties. There will always be a conservative party in a democracy, but I would like it to be eventually such that people are ashamed to admit that they ever were a part of the particular one we have now.

[Bandit]

36. I agree with you it is a false choice. We can do more than just

one or the other. That is actually a right wing talking point. Either / or when there are actually a multitude of possibilities. Liberals believe in shades of grey while Conservatives need a strict black or white...The Republican Party as it exists today should be eliminated but we need other parties. In my state (Alaska) there are six official Parties on every ballet. Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Independent, Green, and "Moderate Republican" (can you believe that last one) but at least there are alternatives...

[Greyhound]

35. No we need more than two parties.

Our zero-sum winner take all system only exists because both the Democrats and Re:puke:s agree to close ranks and stop any other players. It allows the politicians to dictate terms to the constituents rather than the other way around, like the re:puke:s have done to the evangelicals or the Democrats have done to the women.

[DireStrike]

37. We need more parties, not less.

The whole system needs to be revamped IMO. We need proportional representation and Instant Runoff Voting.

[ComerPerro]

38. It deserves to be. They break laws and contribute nothing

and I haven't seen them EVER offer any legislation or try to do anything that doesn't serve themselves and the super rich

[LeftishBrit]

39. I think a country needs at LEAST two parties

More parties, with an electoral system that represents them adequately, would be better.

A one-party system, whether literally, or because one party has such a large majority as to be free from challenges to its power, can be very dangerous. It is better to have a bad opposition than no opposition.

[Demonaut]

40. can you get that in a can? lysol would probably work.

just kidding

[Gwerlain]

53. How about some Raid?

And I'm definitely not kidding.

However, I have to say the following:
1. Conservatives, qua conservatives, are not bad. It's the thieving, the self-righteousness, the ignoring/demonizing contrary opinions, the cover-ups, and the glorification of violence at second hand that I don't like. And those are neither part of the conservative philosophy, nor part of what the Republican Party SAYS it stands for.
2. I think that above all else, I object to the simple unfairness that I see, and the lack of understanding of what that unfairness will bring. I'm not experiencing that unfairness myself nearly as much as others, both in the US and outside it, are; but it scares me to think what will happen to our society and our country if this continues. You can't nuke the whole f'in world, man.
3. The REAL problem, IMHO, starts with a mindset that says that because someone is good at making money, they deserve to run things. And because someone else is not, they deserve to die.

[Brian Stevens]

41. ABSOLUTELY, THIS IS A MUST!!!!!!

Good repugs are no repugs. They must be decimated entirly. It takes balls, so lets grow some and go for it.

[SmokingJacket]

42. I'd like it if they split down the middle.

And heck, maybe if the Dems split too. It would nice to have more choices.

[KingFlorez]

43. I want it to have a total electoral failure

And be the minority for a very long time

[patrick t. cakes]

44. i was in minnesota

awhile back. it was around the time of their city council elections.
maybe a couple of years ago.
i dont know what neighborhood i was in but the two choices were a green party candidate
and a pro labour democrat.

now that would be a nice two party system.

i believe the green candidate won. Cam Gordon

[Initech]

47. I think we should just get rid of the two party system in general.

Every other civilized democracy has tons of parties representing a variety of different viewpoints. Here, we just have the extreme right and the extreme left. That would be the only way to ensure party dominance like we have now never happens again.

[Cha]

48. I'd like the neoCons to

be eradicated because they are traitors to America. The real republicans can stay..and who the hell are they? Chafee..

[WinkyDink]

50. Completely and utterly obliterated. Their "values" are murderous.

[undeterred]

51. No, just made small enough to fit in a single maximum security prison.

Its about greed, love of wealth, selfishness, and narcissism. People like that should be removed from society.

[ecstatic]

52. Yes, and replaced with different shades of liberalism

I'd like to see maybe three parties, the furthest right party would be what is now considered "center." The other two: Moderate Democrat, and Liberal Democrat.

[Catchawave]

54. Heavens to Betsy, NO....I'd have to

beam my husband up to Uranus..snork.

[OnionPatch]

55. Multiple parties

is the way to go. But we'd have to have something like instant runoff voting, so you'd never have to worry that your vote for a third party will help the candidate you oppose the most. So, yes, I am for many parties and if the Republicans are one of them, so be it. If we could also get publicly funded elections, I doubt the Republicans would have near the power and following they have today. Corruption is what keeps them going.

[flaminbats]

56. should the Communist Party be completely eradicated?

essentially it's the same question. Communists and Republicans both claim to support a small government which has minimal control over our lives. Both control an overbearing government with the power to police our lives and to leave any competition, political and economic, with no influence. Both claim to be advocates for the little guy while only being puppets of the powerful. Both claimed to be enemies of terrorism and Bin Laden, while using fear and violence to stay in power. Both supported organizations like the KGB, CIA and Department of Homeland Defense in the name of patriotism and defending the country. Both use these organizations to keep secrets from the voters and to imprison people without a fair trial. Both claim to be defenders of high morals and family values, but abuse the power of government and the working class for their own selfish reasons.

Banning the Republican Party would be no different than McCarthyism. But neither should either party become powerful enough to control every branch of the federal government. IMO democracy is a system without party registration, yet has a minimum of two active parties completely controlled by the voters.

[WinkyDink]

65. Since when are Republicans for the Workers of the World??

[flaminbats]

69. since when are the Communists for the workers of the world?

my point is that neither supports what it claims to. Republicans aren't in favor of really reducing our tax burden any more than the Communists were serious about improving the worker's standard of living.

As I posted above.."Both claim to be advocates for the little guy while only being puppets of the powerful."

[The Anti-Neo Con]

58. I'd like to see this party rise up and become a big-time player...

http://www.sp-usa.org/

[Cleita]

60. I think this GOP is eradicating itself. Thinking human beings

will not tolerate the type of leadership that's coming from them these days for much longer. Many conservatives are joining the Democratic Party and that's not good either. I'm hoping that true conservatives will form an alternative party and let the GOP RIP.

[liberaltrucker]

61. Yes

Preferably with a 2 KT fart on RNC HQ.

There, I got off my chest. Delete away, mods.

:patriot:

[dailykoff]

62. Oh yes.

Charge them with their crimes, lock them up in the prisons and camps they're building with our dollars, and attach their assets to pay REPARATIONS to the Afghanis, Iraqis, Palestinians, and Americans who have suffered at their hands.

And then put safeguards in place to prevent the fascists from ever again stealing our country.

:mad:

[UTUSN]

63. i'm THINKING about it!!!!111 n/t

[bluedogyellowdog]

64. I'd like to see them go the way of the Prohibition Party

still running a pathetic campaign every election that gets on the ballot in 2 or 3 states and carries all of 800 votes.

[mitchum]

67. Yes...let them join the Romanovs

[oldboy101]

68. Our two-party system has proved itself over time.

While third parties are tolerated, we are better off having most people gravitate to one of the two major parties. Ideally one may champion liberal ideals and the other favor more conservative ideals. We need only look at the chaos generated by multiple parties in some European countries such as Italy to see how ineffective governments with multiple parties can be.

Having said that, the Republican party truly does need a thorough house cleaning (pun intended). Only by seeing that the voters repudiate what they have become will there be some real changes. They need to regain their position as a party of fiscal conservatives who also recognize the need to help people in need. At present they pander to the greedy who favor tax cuts for the wealthy and to hell with everybody else.

The Republicans also need to stop catering to wild-eyed radicals who want to impose their religious doctrines on all of us, restricting our freedoms and teaching religious belief in our schools in place of true science. People are sometimes slow to wake up to what is happening but when they do most voters will reject such a party and its politicians.

The Republican party has become an unstable coalition of the greedy, catering to big business, and of ignorant religious fundamentalists. It cannot long endure as such for these groups in fact despise each other. Let us have a Democratic landslide in 2006 and 2008. That is likely to cause the Republicans to purge themselves of radical extremists and return to a party that a sizeable group of people may support.