Snowe and Collins, Maine Senators being wooed by Democratic Party?

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: eskimospy

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: eskimospy

Originally posted by: TruePaige

I'd vote for such a party.

Socially Liberal
Fiscally Conservative
Totally Awesome

:thumbsup:

Might as well call it the Internet Party, as such a party would have very little popularity outside of the internet.

the socially liberal/fiscally conservative republicans all got voted out of office. clearly, your ideal is not what the american people want.

My ideal? I'm not a fiscal conservative. You are right though, socially liberal/fiscally conservative has a pretty abysmal electoral history. There's a reason the libertarian party is as small as it is.

And that's the problems in states like California.

They have all these lofty ideals that are financially ridiculous.

I just want to let people do as they please and to stop asking for more tax dollars from me.

Oh well.

 

[Thump553]

Originally posted by: TruePaige

I'd vote for such a party.

Socially Liberal
Fiscally Conservative
Totally Awesome

:thumbsup:

The party you describe WAS the Republican Party at its origins (remember Abe Lincoln?) through at least the mid-sixties, when Nixon's Southern Strategy got the GOP hell-bent on "social conservatism" (ie, moral authoritarism). In fact, to a very large extent, the description also fits the New England GOP which is now near death due to undercutting by the national GOP and the reaction of voters to the national GOP.

Parties in the USA can and do die. Remember the Whigs and the Federalists? Given the way current election laws vastly favor the two dominant parties it will be hard (but not impossible) for a new third party to replace the present GOP.

 

[Mean MrMustard]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: eskimospy

Originally posted by: TruePaige

I'd vote for such a party.

Socially Liberal
Fiscally Conservative
Totally Awesome

:thumbsup:

Might as well call it the Internet Party, as such a party would have very little popularity outside of the internet.

the socially liberal/fiscally conservative republicans all got voted out of office. clearly, your ideal is not what the american people want.

Who were these 'socially liberal/fiscally conservative republicans'?