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REILLY-ACE-OF-SPIES on Sunday, July 13, 2008 10:26:07 PM
Modern Democrat Liberals fancy themselves as “Progressives” with or without reference to the I.W.W Wobbles of the 1930’s. The only distinction between a Liberal and a Progressive is that the Liberal prefers to just jump directly off the cliff while the Progressive wants to fly off by Pogo-Stick. This is an apparent example of the current political landscape.
The ever creative Democrats have a broadband allegiance spanning Labor Front Blue Collar working Americans stretched to the intellectual college formulated Anti-War Leftist “Progressives” while the Republicans Party stands naked shone detached from its Conservative mantle. There is an opportunity here to expand identity and possible detach from the stagnant Republican Party hierarchy by forming the “Independence Party.” The manifesto measurement scale of the Independence Party would be determined by the increase or decrease in independence; ergo, would exploring for domestic petroleum based energy products increase or decrease our nation’s independence; or, having the government provide universal health insurance coverage will increase or decrease personal independence and freedom; or, to allow for the public licensing of “Marriage” by two people of the same sex will increase or decrease independence and responsibility as a society; or, would a flat-tax or value-added tax (VAT) scheme be a more “Independence” means to maintain government solvency and operations. By definition if the program or proposition increases independence it should be accepted, if it decreases independence it should fail.
The Republican Party of Abraham Lincoln evolved from obstinacy and stagnation from the Farm Democrats and Whigs of that era. Their trend generation was to keep and uphold the institution of slavery despite the Abolitionist Movement growing in New England and the Mississippi Northwest. From its very inception the Republican Party was in poignant opposition to slavery. Conversely, today the Party Leadership is bogged down in multi-generational identity politics by trying to take up too many seats on the bus resulting in a broken down bus.
The Independence Party would attract those Americans who cherish their personal sense of independence. On any July or August evening along the shoreline of a lake, river, or ocean beach Independence Party People relish the freedom building the biggest bonfire possible and being responsible for the clean up of the swath of nature used making it more pristine then when originally found. In my father’s day we used to clean up looking for the silver dollar and if we found the silver dollar put it someplace else for the next group of campers. We never found the silver dollar but we always left that piece of public space cleaner then found nonetheless.
So let A New Bell of Freedom ring out from this place of public forum so that new voices can be heard above the screams from the leftist left or the dreadful drown from the beehive Washington Buzz.
“”””” WE ARE THE INDEPENDENCE PARTY - WHOSE MEMBERS ARE DEDICATED TO THE MANIFESTATION OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND DON’T TREAD ON ME! ”””””