The Dems & the GOP - Peas in a pod, again

[Vastator]

It's always fun to point out how similar our two "major" parties can be in their behaviors. No, not issues, behaviors (I put that in bold there).

And, as if to illustrate the point yet again, the Democrats are jumping in by essentially splitting into two pieces for our amusement.

Remember about four and eight years ago, when the the Tea Party Republicans were running around, threatening to "primary" anyone who wasn't pure and obedient? And remember about four years ago, when those same Republicans were shit-canning people like Jeb Bush and Paul Ryan and John Kasich because the party had passed them by?

We'll here we go again, from the kids on the the other side!

Democrats threatening to primary each other:
Nancy Pelosi Doesn’t Know Who The Democratic Party Is Anymore
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/07/democrats-2020-primary-election-1399248

Democrat leaders losing tough with their new whacked-out base:
'Members are looking over their shoulders': Democrats spooked by new primary threats
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nanc...c-party-is-anymore_n_5d235049e4b01b83473a51ad

Seriously, this is almost unfair, it's so easy. The two ends of the spectrum can be so damn similar in their behaviors!


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Employing effective strategy, to achieve a desired end is pretty basic. Did you think any party had a monopoly on strategy?

 

[gipper]

Yawn! There are major differences between these parties. The rules for elections are the same for everyone.

Only a fool would claim major differences exist.

Leave it to IQ2 to out himself.

 

[ColonelAngus]

The 2 party system is inherently corrupt.

 

[gipper]

The 2 party system is inherently corrupt.

I suspect the Ruling Class designed it, so as to limit the power of the people.

 

[Dragonlady]

Yawn! There are major differences between these parties. The rules for elections are the same for everyone.

What are the major differences?
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Well they're hard to see when you're looking down your nose at everyone, sitting high atop a mountain and suffering from high altitude sickness and obviously swelling of the brain

Well aren't you Miss Judgey Judgey. Guess you missed Sunday School the day they taught the "Judge not lest you be judged" lesson. Just like you missed the lesson about treating others as you would like to be treated.

Every time one of you Trump Cultists goes on the attack, it's nastiness and insults all around. Of course the total dearth of common decency and good manners is just parroting your One True God.

 

[mudwhistle]

Tries to compare Democrats with Republican while ignoring the obvious differences.

Like?
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Republicans have core principles while Democrats have none.
Democrats support fascism, chaos, and anarchy while Republicans support peace and freedom.
Democrats are Antisemitic while Republicans support Israel.

 

[Jets]

Let’s start with this premise. Our two parties are beholden to their special interest groups first and foremost. Both parties use issues as campaign fodder for the ultimate prize: a majority in Congress and the WH. Neither party cares much about their constituents except for election and reelection. Fomenting tribalism between liberals and conservatives feeds into this cycle making our elected officials quite happy.

 

[BluesLegend]

Our government is CORRUPT, hello.

 

[dblack]

Yawn! There are major differences between these parties.

To more and more of us, they're not differences that matter.

 

[Mac1958]

Tries to compare Democrats with Republican while ignoring the obvious differences.

Like?
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Republicans have core principles while Democrats have none.
Democrats support fascism, chaos, and anarchy while Republicans support peace and freedom.
Democrats are Antisemitic while Republicans support Israel.

Maybe read the first line of the OP again. This isn't about issues, it's about behaviors.
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[dblack]

Republicans have core principles while Democrats have none.

Like what?

 

[Papageorgio]

Democrat leaders losing tough with their new whacked-out base:

Mac can always be counted on to dutifully parrot whatever GOP spin that TheParty feeds him. The ironic thing is how his favorite parrot line is about how Democrats can't think.

In this case, TheParty is afraid because a majority of Americans agree with that Democratic base, which makes Mac and TheParty the whacked-out fringe minority.

The two parties obviously differ wildly on issues, and on corruption. Republican politicians are almost universally corrupt scum, Democrats aren't. Pretending the two parties are alike is deliberately running interference for that Republican corruption. But hey, that's what Mac sees as his job.

He voted for Clinton, so I doubt the GOP and him are aligned. He has also several threads attacking the behavior of Republicans.

I won’t be voting for a Republican in the Presidential election and unless the Democratic Party nominates one or two candidates, I won’t be voting for a Democrat in the Presidential election. Third party will get my vote, again. The two parties are off the rails hypocritical. The far left and right have way too much control and the parties seem to cater to their BS.

 

[Mac1958]

Democrat leaders losing tough with their new whacked-out base:

Mac can always be counted on to dutifully parrot whatever GOP spin that TheParty feeds him. The ironic thing is how his favorite parrot line is about how Democrats can't think.

In this case, TheParty is afraid because a majority of Americans agree with that Democratic base, which makes Mac and TheParty the whacked-out fringe minority.

The two parties obviously differ wildly on issues, and on corruption. Republican politicians are almost universally corrupt scum, Democrats aren't. Pretending the two parties are alike is deliberately running interference for that Republican corruption. But hey, that's what Mac sees as his job.

He voted for Clinton, so I doubt the GOP and him are aligned. He has also several threads attacking the behavior of Republicans.

I won’t be voting for a Republican in the Presidential election and unless the Democratic Party nominates one or two candidates, I won’t be voting for a Democrat in the Presidential election. Third party will get my vote, again. The two parties are off the rails hypocritical. The far left and right have way too much control and the parties seem to cater to their BS.

Nutters like that assume that if you're not 100% with them, you can only be 100% against them.

ANOTHER behavior shared by both silly ends.

Too funny.
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[DOTR]

It's always fun to point out how similar our two "major" parties can be in their behaviors. No, not issues, behaviors (I put that in bold there).

And, as if to illustrate the point yet again, the Democrats are jumping in by essentially splitting into two pieces for our amusement.

Remember about four and eight years ago, when the the Tea Party Republicans were running around, threatening to "primary" anyone who wasn't pure and obedient? And remember about four years ago, when those same Republicans were shit-canning people like Jeb Bush and Paul Ryan and John Kasich because the party had passed them by?

We'll here we go again, from the kids on the the other side!

Democrats threatening to primary each other:
Nancy Pelosi Doesn’t Know Who The Democratic Party Is Anymore
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/07/democrats-2020-primary-election-1399248

Democrat leaders losing tough with their new whacked-out base:
'Members are looking over their shoulders': Democrats spooked by new primary threats
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nanc...c-party-is-anymore_n_5d235049e4b01b83473a51ad

Seriously, this is almost unfair, it's so easy. The two ends of the spectrum can be so damn similar in their behaviors!


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Well these two parties they both act like parties. They both have a chairman GD wingers. They both have fundraisers and by god they both try to win elections! Just look how they act like each other! Just when everybody is complaining the Democrats want to win the presidency here come the republicans wanting to win the presidency! This is too easy his similar they are!

 

[Mac1958]

Well these two parties they both act like parties. They both have a chairman GD wingers. They both have fundraisers and by god they both try to win elections! Just look how they act like each other! Just when everybody is complaining the Democrats want to win the presidency here come the republicans wanting to win the presidency! This is too easy his similar they are!

Oh, it goes much deeper (and more amusing) than that.

Here's a few counter-productive behaviors shared by both ends:

• Deflection (so vividly displayed by both parties right here in this thread!)
• Tribalism
• Distortion
  
• Intellectual Myopia
• Straw Man Arguments
• Obtuseness
• Willful Ignorance
• Name-Calling
• Nasty Personal Insults
• Hypocrisy
• Hate
• Blatant Lies

.... off the top of my pointy little head.
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[SweetSue92]

Yawn! There are major differences between these parties. The rules for elections are the same for everyone.

What are the major differences?
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Well they're hard to see when you're looking down your nose at everyone, sitting high atop a mountain and suffering from high altitude sickness and obviously swelling of the brain

Well aren't you Miss Judgey Judgey. Guess you missed Sunday School the day they taught the "Judge not lest you be judged" lesson. Just like you missed the lesson about treating others as you would like to be treated.

Every time one of you Trump Cultists goes on the attack, it's nastiness and insults all around. Of course the total dearth of common decency and good manners is just parroting your One True God.

You're boring.

Try harder

 

[gipper]

Republicans have core principles while Democrats have none.

Like what?

Exactly. They claim to be for limited government, but clearly that is a big joke.

 

[dblack]

So now I'm a right winger.

YA GOTTA LOVE THIS PLACE

And I'm a "progressive libtard". Go figure.

 

[Mac1958]

So now I'm a right winger.
YA GOTTA LOVE THIS PLACE

And I'm a "progressive libtard". Go figure.

Yep, they can be a HOOT.
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[mamooth]

Nutters like that assume that if you're not 100% with them, you can only be 100% against them.

I didn't assume that, or imply it in any way, so I wonder why you chose to tell that lie. Oh, that's right, you had to run from my point somehow.

What you're doing is like saying "Mother Teresa and Charles Manson both breathed air, so they were exactly alike!". By ignoring obvious differences and focusing on trivial similarities, that's being wildly dishonest on behalf of Charles Manson. In exactly the same way, you are being wildly dishonest in favor of Republicans.

The two sides are very different. The Right is overwhelmingly dishonest, the left isn't. The right is authoritarian, the left isn't. The right is corrupt, the left isn't. The right is hypocritical, the left isn't. The right is immoral, the left isn't. The right is violent, the left isn't. And so on. (I'm not speaking in absolutes, I'm speaking in the general case. While you can find individual leftists who share those flaws somewhere, they policies are not institutionalized on the left, as they are with Trump and the right.)

Why not just tell the truth, that the Democrats are much better than Republicans? You might find such honesty refreshing. Get a load off of your soul and lose the phony equivalence act.