Reply #163: Outside perspective

[moodforaday]

DainBramaged: take it as you will, but looking from the outside of the US, this kind of thinking is exactly what makes the US a two-party state with no real choice in policies. This is exactly what prevents the rise of a viable third-party alternative. I just can't see the good in being so rigidly partisan.

You are basically saying that whoever the Democratic nominee is, you are going to vote for him or her. So if the party picks a nominee whose policies match Bush's word for word, waterboard for waterboard and bomb for bomb, you'll still give that person your vote.

In my 38 years, I have never joined an organization. Not one. The reason I haven't is that each and every organization soon becomes a corrupt, hollow image of itself: instead of working towards the cause it was established for, it works only towards its self-perpetuation. You can see it everywhere. This doesn't only apply to political parties, but your position stated in this thread illustrates my point exactly. Bush selling out the country to corporations, waging war, ordering torture - bad. A Democrat doing same - good. Maybe this is not what you're thinking, but it certainly is what you've been saying.