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In reply to the discussion: Does the two-Party system help or hurt our country ?? [View all]kentuck
(111,076 posts)..in my opinion, with the present propaganda system and with the money involved in elections, I think far right candidates will defeat a "far-left" candidate almost every time. Therein lies the key to defeating the right-wingers. One doesn't have to be against popular programs like Social Security and Medicare to defeat Republicans. One only has to address them as programs that the majority of Americans want and are willing to pay for. Even education and a sensible defense budget are popular with the majority of Democrats and Republicans. People want their roads and bridges fixed, no matter what Party they belong to. These are the sensible issues that will defeat a lot of this right-wing Republicans. In my opinion, we just need to be smarter. It doesn't matter what we call ourselves - it only matters what we stand for.