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GoldenThunder

(300 posts)
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 03:31 PM Mar 2016

Once the fascists Republicans have destroyed themselves...

...and assuming that they don't take the rest of us with them, the two main political parties in America will be comprised of the two main camps that are battling it out right here. The conservative Democratic Party and the liberal Progressive party. Assuming I survive this mess it'll be interesting to see just how this new paradigm plays out.

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Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)
3. Frankly my Money's on the Fascist Trump.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 03:36 PM
Mar 2016

Corporatist Hillary will get shredded. The depressed voter turn out says it all already.

WDIM

(1,662 posts)
4. I thought the Fascist Republicans were done in 2008
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 03:40 PM
Mar 2016

When Bush tanked the economy and Obama won by a landslide.

But like Roaches they keep coming back...

 

villager

(26,001 posts)
5. Well, what used to be the "Democratic" party is now like the 70's-era Republican party. The GOP
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 03:42 PM
Mar 2016

...has become a fascist (as you note)/Bircher party.

So our choices are: Birchers or Republicans.

The question is where the old Democratic party will go, and what will become of it?

Blaukraut

(5,693 posts)
6. It all depends on how liberal or moderate the largest Dem voting bloc will be in upcoming elections
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 03:45 PM
Mar 2016

Are minority voters more progressive or more moderate? Remains to be seen. I'm hoping for a true shift to the left, socially and economically.

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