Are the Republicans...

Antithesis · 02-02-2007, 11:46 AM

...Becoming more populist?

The Democrats' New Western Stars -- Friday, Jan. 19, 2007 -- Page 1 -- TIME

Jaxian · 02-02-2007, 12:25 PM

I didn't read the article, but the answer is yes.

Okay, I suppose I should read the article...

EDIT: Okay, I read the article, and the answer is still yes. Though that article sure was boring.

Antithesis · 02-02-2007, 12:46 PM

I think they are, too. I mean common, everyday Republicans are getting fed up with how disconnected senators are becoming with common people. They want someone who won't just fight for them, but actually cares about them.

Jefferson · 02-02-2007, 12:54 PM

That being the case, I think we're in desperate need of a complete national overhaul. I just don't see many, if any, Congresspersons being concerned about much of anything beyond being re-elected.

Antithesis · 02-02-2007, 01:15 PM

Since when has it been any different?

Jefferson · 02-02-2007, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Antithesis

Since when has it been any different?

Our national political structure - on a practical level - has changed DRASTICALLY in the past 50 years.

Of course, a boy who was born AFTER Reagan left office would have no knowledge about that.

Antithesis · 02-02-2007, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Jefferson

Our national political structure - on a practical level - has changed DRASTICALLY in the past 50 years.

Of course, a boy who was born AFTER Reagan left office would have no knowledge about that.

Bite me you ageist ***

Jefferson · 02-02-2007, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Antithesis

Bite me you ageist ***.

And this again proves that you don't have what it takes to run with the big dogs.

So tell me, when do YOU think the "shift" occurred, and why?

I say it happened in the 50s, and was a direct result of the growing complexity of the Cold War Era world.

Got any better answers, PeeWee?

Antithesis · 02-02-2007, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Jefferson

And this again proves that you don't have what it takes to run with the big dogs.

So tell me, when do YOU think the "shift" occurred, and why?

I say it happened in the 50s, and was a direct result of the growing complexity of the Cold War Era world.

Got any better answers, PeeWee?

Populism is a long-running concept and has always been, well, popular in the midwest, but it has been losing ground for less traditional conservative concepts. Now, with public dissatisfaction over the past few years, people are willing to go back to Reaganesque fiscal policies. I'm not sure about the social policies, though. Maybe people want to turn back the clock and see a time when church and state remained uncorrupted by each other.

Jefferson · 02-02-2007, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Antithesis

Populism is a long-running concept and has always been, well, popular in the midwest, but it has been losing ground for less traditional conservative concepts. Now, with public dissatisfaction over the past few years, people are willing to go back to Reaganesque fiscal policies. I'm not sure about the social policies, though. Maybe people want to turn back the clock and see a time when church and state remained uncorrupted by each other.

Church and state are currently LESS corrupted by each other, in America, then ever before. Right or wrong, there's more of a separation now than before.

As for populism... It won't work in America unless and until people quit being so stupid, and start thinking about more then where they'll buy their beer, the latest computer & video games, and when they might get laid.

IF people smarten up, populism will happen without it being labeled as such. If people continue to be dumbed down, no idealogical movement, such as populism, will work anyway.