reply to post by Uniceft17
Meh, if you study American history, this is a cycle that has taken place 4 other times in the past (5 if you include the Adams/Jefferson election),
and it has always been the same result.
Though the two partied system is flawed, both parties respond quickly to effective third party candidates. It was seen in 1912 with Roosevelt, Taft
and Wilson, it was seen in 1932, and it was seen in 1988. Though the press effectively kills any third party candidate from making headway, both
parties recognize the desires of the people when a third party candidate gets a large number of votes and they both adjust. They became more
progressive in 1912, more socialist in 1932, and more fiscally responsible in 1988.
To call the current parties new liberals and new conservatives would be like saying we lived in neoAmerica after the industrial revolution and
neoneoAmerica after World War I and neoneoneoAmerica after after environmentalism, etc. The parties adjust to the times and the demands of the
population. They're not idiots, and unfortunately they're not altruistic -- they're more interested in getting their party elected than they are
the welfare of the country, but they know that, for some reason, those crazy Americans
are concerned with the welfare of their country more
than they are the welfare of one party or another (David Schippers III demonstrated this recently in turning from his lifelong party and pursuing what
he perceived to be justice for America at their expense).
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