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What does the republican party have to do to change its appeal?
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<blockquote data-quote="TechGrrl" data-source="post: 1059835" data-attributes="member: 4932"><p>I have no argument with your first sentence. The corrupting influence of unlimited corporate money is the biggest danger to our democracy that I can see.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, there absolutely is room between the current Democratic Party positions, and principled positions by a more conservative party. There is room for debate on issues like:</p><p>1) How much money should we be spending on the Pentagon? I actually think the sequester would help in that regard. Lindsay Graham and John McCain notwithstanding, cutting the Pentagon back to 2006 spending levels would not leave us defenseless on the world stage.</p><p>2) What is the correct role of the Federal government in education? Traditionally, that has been something best done locally. Again, there are historical reasons for the Federal government to intervene in local affairs, but we should be able to discuss what would be workable in the 21st century. Of course, then I look at what loons like Bobby Jindal are doing with local control over HIS schools, and I despair.</p><p></p><p>The point is, there is lots of room for differences of opinion on substantive policy positions. But right now, the GOP has been taken over by crazy people who swear fealty to Grover Norquist.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TechGrrl, post: 1059835, member: 4932"] I have no argument with your first sentence. The corrupting influence of unlimited corporate money is the biggest danger to our democracy that I can see. Having said that, there absolutely is room between the current Democratic Party positions, and principled positions by a more conservative party. There is room for debate on issues like: 1) How much money should we be spending on the Pentagon? I actually think the sequester would help in that regard. Lindsay Graham and John McCain notwithstanding, cutting the Pentagon back to 2006 spending levels would not leave us defenseless on the world stage. 2) What is the correct role of the Federal government in education? Traditionally, that has been something best done locally. Again, there are historical reasons for the Federal government to intervene in local affairs, but we should be able to discuss what would be workable in the 21st century. Of course, then I look at what loons like Bobby Jindal are doing with local control over HIS schools, and I despair. The point is, there is lots of room for differences of opinion on substantive policy positions. But right now, the GOP has been taken over by crazy people who swear fealty to Grover Norquist. [/QUOTE]
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