[ This makes a lot of sense! Critics and activists independent of our two predominant parties might keep things honest and on-track! Please read the whole post. JS]
by Paul Jacob at townhall.com:
The way out of our current impasse is not by choosing Democrats over Republicans, or Republicans over Democrats. It's by steering clear of the partisan Scylla and Charybdis entirely…..
A recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows that the much-maligned Tea Party movement is much more popular than either Republicans or Democrats. While there is some GOP influence in the Tea Party movement, and it’s clearly more conservative than liberal, there is a very strong non-partisan (or transpartisan) impulse in the movement.
An independent, citizen-led political movement is precisely the antidote for the professional partisan politics that is killing our golden goose. But it is critical the movement not become yet another political party……
Join the Tea Party. Keep it independent. Look for ways to work with people across the political spectrum, as long as they believe in government of the people as opposed to government by lesser-evil politicians.
I’m not suggesting anyone compromise on principle, but rather that we not ignore the many issues where we can make common cause with those who might disagree on other matters. We have to stop being divided and conquered by the two-sided, one-result partisan noise. Read more…
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