A number of things come to mind. White women by the thousands took a strong dislike to Clinton and in a 2-party system, that left them with The Donald. As well, overlooked here is the massive gerrymandering that individual states have carried out in order to isolate most non-white "Christians". And lastly, many of these same states have gone the distance as they say in order to prevent voter registration by massive numbers of non-white population. I tend to believe this combination of factors most likely contributed to the mess that currently exists, politically, in the US.
There are more than a few folks who have a view that the three western USA states, California, Oregon and Washing, along with British Columbia in Canada would, combined, make a perfect independent country because we have so much in common. These are the most progressive components of either country. Why? because we love the west coast life style and dearly want to protect it. We are all in cinque when it comes to reducing CO2 and utilizing non-carbon sources for our energy requirements.
Perhaps one day, we can form a liaison, even if it is within our own respective countries, but it would be for the benefit of all our populations along the west coast of North America?
Most of your readers will not know who Brian Mulroney was. He was a Conservative Prime Minister of Canada. Your Republican Part was probably the closest in political "beliefs" to the Canadian Conservatives until Ronald Reagan came along. Mulroney, who I never voted for, nevertheless, fought long and hard to have Nelson Mandela released from prison, and as much as I detested some of his other political shenanigans, I very much admire his energy and efforts to have this man released from prison. Unfortunately, as much as Ronald Reagan smiled his best Hollywood smile, he was a closet Tea Party type rather than the Republican party of better days. Our Progressive Conservative party in Canada also evolved into something called the Reform party and its subsequent leader come Prime Minister, spoke loud and hard that Nelson Mandela should be executed as a traitor to South Africa. This the best reason, I, as a moderate Canadian believes that all voters should take a long, hard look at what it means to be Conservative/Republican in our respective countries.
YES! emphatically. As well, Bush absolutely could not blame the US' best friend, Saudi Arabia, and hence the need to blame Iraq for 9-11.
A number of things come to mind. White women by the thousands took a strong dislike to Clinton and in a 2-party system, that left them with The Donald. As well, overlooked here is the massive gerrymandering that individual states have carried out in order to isolate most non-white "Christians". And lastly, many of these same states have gone the distance as they say in order to prevent voter registration by massive numbers of non-white population. I tend to believe this combination of factors most likely contributed to the mess that currently exists, politically, in the US.
There are more than a few folks who have a view that the three western USA states, California, Oregon and Washing, along with British Columbia in Canada would, combined, make a perfect independent country because we have so much in common. These are the most progressive components of either country. Why? because we love the west coast life style and dearly want to protect it. We are all in cinque when it comes to reducing CO2 and utilizing non-carbon sources for our energy requirements.
Perhaps one day, we can form a liaison, even if it is within our own respective countries, but it would be for the benefit of all our populations along the west coast of North America?
Most of your readers will not know who Brian Mulroney was. He was a Conservative Prime Minister of Canada. Your Republican Part was probably the closest in political "beliefs" to the Canadian Conservatives until Ronald Reagan came along. Mulroney, who I never voted for, nevertheless, fought long and hard to have Nelson Mandela released from prison, and as much as I detested some of his other political shenanigans, I very much admire his energy and efforts to have this man released from prison. Unfortunately, as much as Ronald Reagan smiled his best Hollywood smile, he was a closet Tea Party type rather than the Republican party of better days. Our Progressive Conservative party in Canada also evolved into something called the Reform party and its subsequent leader come Prime Minister, spoke loud and hard that Nelson Mandela should be executed as a traitor to South Africa. This the best reason, I, as a moderate Canadian believes that all voters should take a long, hard look at what it means to be Conservative/Republican in our respective countries.