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I wish this was a thread that we actually have a need for...

Andrew Yang is pushing the idea of a third party hard.
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Like I've said before, it's too bad the Tea Party got assassinated in the grave. They had a good head of steam going, but people now know 3rd parties will never be allowed to upset the good thing the two big parties have going. The media wings will ensure that.
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GORDON wrote: Fri Aug 12, 2022 12:05 pm Like I've said before, it's too bad the Tea Party got assassinated in the grave. They had a good head of steam going, but people now know 3rd parties will never be allowed to upset the good thing the two big parties have going. The media wings will ensure that.
Wasn't the Tea Party just a subset of Republicans?
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TheCatt wrote: Fri Aug 12, 2022 12:40 pm
GORDON wrote: Fri Aug 12, 2022 12:05 pm Like I've said before, it's too bad the Tea Party got assassinated in the grave. They had a good head of steam going, but people now know 3rd parties will never be allowed to upset the good thing the two big parties have going. The media wings will ensure that.
Wasn't the Tea Party just a subset of Republicans?
That's what I thought.

Although, as Gordon said, the MSM on both sides immediately painted them as racists, extremists, and any other ist they could throw at them.
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TheCatt wrote: Fri Aug 12, 2022 12:40 pm
GORDON wrote: Fri Aug 12, 2022 12:05 pm Like I've said before, it's too bad the Tea Party got assassinated in the grave. They had a good head of steam going, but people now know 3rd parties will never be allowed to upset the good thing the two big parties have going. The media wings will ensure that.
Wasn't the Tea Party just a subset of Republicans?
They were Constitutionalists. Wanted the government reeled in.

Which doesn't work for ANYONE on that particular gravy train.
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GORDON wrote: Fri Aug 12, 2022 4:49 pm Wanted the government reeled in.
This is part of why public entities on the left have painted Libertarians as "batshit insane Republicans". Got to brainwash the flock so they don't go listening to other ideas and opinions.
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Someone thought that was a good tweet?

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Leisher wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:51 pm Someone thought that was a good tweet?

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Image

That's a little funny.
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Agreed.
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As long as you volunteer for it, no problem. Having it forced upon you is bad.

That's a clever way to convey that idea.
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GORDON wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2024 12:51 pm As long as you volunteer for it, no problem. Having it forced upon you is bad.

That's a clever way to convey that idea.
The problem is that you don't volunteer for it. Either way it's being forced on you, if you lack systemic power.
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