Democrat or Republican

[Master]

What about Donald Trump for the republicans?

[Gandalf]

What about Donald Trump for the republicans?

That man is a total turnip. Looks a bit like one too.

The democrats are the lesser of two evils, but they are still pretty rotten. In terms of principles I would probably go with a credible independant, but it's probably just a vote thrown away considering they only ever get about 4% of the vote.

[Gandalf]

I really like Ralph Nader as an Independant. He is someone I have a lot of time for.

[killersheep]

For an American perspective it's interesting to see what you guys are saying here. The logic overall is pretty similar to how many Americans choose affiliation. Both parties are corrupt and inevitably hurt the country when in power for too long. What is essential (and many will disagree with me here) is pendulum that swings from right to left, left to right. Because most Americans are far more centrist that politicians.

[Gandalf]

For an American perspective it's interesting to see what you guys are saying here. The logic overall is pretty similar to how many Americans choose affiliation. Both parties are corrupt and inevitably hurt the country when in power for too long. What is essential (and many will disagree with me here) is pendulum that swings from right to left, left to right. Because most Americans are far more centrist that politicians.

My own take though is that the pendulum never really swings to the left. It wavers back and forth, but always on the right side. In terms of US politics of the past 40 years, I see all too few initiatives that I would class as truly left wing.

[Kev]

For an American perspective it's interesting to see what you guys are saying here. The logic overall is pretty similar to how many Americans choose affiliation. Both parties are corrupt and inevitably hurt the country when in power for too long. What is essential (and many will disagree with me here) is pendulum that swings from right to left, left to right. Because most Americans are far more centrist that politicians.

My own take though is that the pendulum never really swings to the left. It wavers back and forth, but always on the right side. In terms of US politics of the past 40 years, I see all too few initiatives that I would class as truly left wing.

haha it's waaaaaay to the left now. Did you know that in American universities 8/10 professors are now liberals?

I read it in Time a few weeks ago. Has to be true.

[Gandalf]

For an American perspective it's interesting to see what you guys are saying here. The logic overall is pretty similar to how many Americans choose affiliation. Both parties are corrupt and inevitably hurt the country when in power for too long. What is essential (and many will disagree with me here) is pendulum that swings from right to left, left to right. Because most Americans are far more centrist that politicians.

My own take though is that the pendulum never really swings to the left. It wavers back and forth, but always on the right side. In terms of US politics of the past 40 years, I see all too few initiatives that I would class as truly left wing.

haha it's waaaaaay to the left now. Did you know that in American universities 8/10 professors are now liberals?

I read it in Time a few weeks ago. Has to be true.

Academics are typically smart and observant people, but they are not in government nor forming policies. I don't see what that has to do with this.

The left has been attacked and dismantled for a long time now and with so called talk of a deficit crisis we are seeing an expansion of this policy. Politics has been and is firmly on the side of the right. I am sure you can bring up examples of this not being so, but as a whole you cannot say that US politics is 'way to the left'. That is silly talk.