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Choux |
12/31/05 |
This afternoon, I read a book review about the beginning of the Republic, the failures of the founding fathers...one of the points made was that the founding fathers did not anticipate the formation of political parties.
The vision was that a virtuous man would vote his conscience and the Electoral College was in place to correct any unhealthy excess. Finally, the electoral college makes sense. That was the filter for "scoundrels" that is supposed to be the job of the political parties now(I guess :)).
Anyway, weren't there political parties in England at that time? Is anyone familiar with this subject; I'm not planning on reading the book, and I would like to hear some discussion on this failure to take into account that political parties would be formed.
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Clarification/Follow-up by Yiddishkeit on 01/03/06 2:40 pm:
HiTom-
**the major political parties have done a good job of incorporating the best of the minor parties positions**
I think they have shared the views of other parties, but that doesn't make them the totality of a seprate political ideology. Like you, I have sought 3rd party candidates at times, it's just that our system does not expose them to the greater public. The two major parties have had a stronghold in the system, neither of which I care for at times, yet they know (with exception to perhaps Perot's and Anderson's brief influence) they would like to keep the system status quo.
Bobby
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