Posted By: Nick
So I’m watching Jesse Ventura on Larry King Live. After whining about the Democrats and Republicans, Ventura says that no, he will not run for U.S. Senate. He then continues to complain about how both parties are really the same thing. He says he won’t vote for Al Franken or Norm Coleman and then says he also won’t vote for Barack Obama or John McCain. He has no choice, no one to vote for in these races.
Jesse Ventura is an idiot. If the two parties are SO bad and SO similar that there are no other options, then why doesn’t he run? He could be the other option. He won a statewide election in Minnesota before. He offered an alternative and people took him up on that offer. His chances might not look that great this year, but if his concern really is that the two parties are no good, then he should run. Sure, he may not want to, but if he really cared about his country, he would step up to the plate.
So Jesse Ventura has now joined the ranks of that wonderfully ignorant segment of the population that actually believes that the Democrats and the Republican are one and the same. These people hate the parties so much (and are never shy to tell you all about that hatred), but never go out and do anything to make a change.
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The Democratic and Republican parties are largely the same. They sound very different. They claim that they are very different. They campaign different.
But when it comes to actually serviing in office, they are largely the same.
The differences are pretty clear:
One party wants to end the Iraq war, the other wants to continue it.
One party wants to make sure all American have health care, the other party does not.
One party supports a woman’s right to choose, the other party does not.
One party supports gay rights, the other party does not.
One party wants to maintain and strengthen our social programs such as Social Security and Medicare, the other party wants to dismantle them.
The list could go on and on. You may still disagree with both parties. The Libertarian party, for example, definitely offers something different than either the Republicans or Democrats do. But to claim that the Republicans and Democrats are the same is to ignore the facts.
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