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akbacchus_BC

(5,704 posts)
Mon Jan 9, 2023, 07:50 AM Jan 2023

Now that the disastrous Speaker managed to get elected after 15 humiliating sessions,

I really hope the organizers of the Lincoln Project will announce they are running as another party. This two party system in the US is not healthy. Just my opinion after seeing an interview with former Republican Walsh on CBC yesterday.

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Walleye

(31,156 posts)
1. The two party system would be a lot healthier if we actually had two legitimate parties
Mon Jan 9, 2023, 08:01 AM
Jan 2023

One of our major parties seems to hold more allegiance to Russia than the US

akbacchus_BC

(5,704 posts)
3. That two party system worked before President Obama was elected. All hell broke loose after
Mon Jan 9, 2023, 08:18 AM
Jan 2023

he was elected, the tea party movement and then trump. Who would have thought Mrs. Clinton would have lost to that pos? Now the Dems have to contend with the racist/right wingers of the rethugs. Most moderate Republicans of yore and now do not support Russia. trumpism is the Midas touch. In any case, the rethugs before or now do not care for the working class only giving tax breaks to the rich.

akbacchus_BC

(5,704 posts)
5. I was not advocating for only one party. When one party cares for America and the other
Mon Jan 9, 2023, 08:23 AM
Jan 2023

party just wants power, that is not healthy. I meant there is a need for a third party of moderate conservatives especially now that a liar is the speaker.

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