I'm astounded at the level of partisanship in politics today. When I was growing up, people would generally support one party over the other, but rarely did people agree 100% with what their party of affiliation said.
These days, it seems that there is an almost religious devotion to political parties. If a proposal comes from the opposing party, it must ipso facto be wrong, worthy of scorn and anathema to everything that is good and right in the world.
At the same time, we know that it's impossible for one side to ALWAYS be right and the other side to ALWAYS be wrong. So...my survey:
1. Do you believe your political party is ALWAYS right?
No. I am a thinking human being.
2. a) If so, why? b) If not, where do you think your political party is/has been wrong?
Well, originally I thought we disagreed more than we turned out to. They seemed to have some serious issues when it comes to evaluation in schools. When I looked at it more closely, it turned out the media had hyped the crazy. Still, I remain weary.
I am also uncertain about their blanket opposition to all forms of nuclear power.
3. Do you think that partisan politics have become too contentious?
Yes and no. In the US, hell yes. Britain is following close by. We have certain tendencies in Norway as well, but they are somewhat less pronounced because of our system.
*MySmiley*
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Is your political party ever wrong?
25/09/2009 06:02:41 PM
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Dem vs GOP is getting to be a little like Shiite/Sunni around here.
25/09/2009 06:12:03 PM
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Re: Dem vs GOP is getting to be a little like Shiite/Sunni around here.
25/09/2009 06:20:35 PM
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Yes. They are very silly about certain things.
25/09/2009 07:31:32 PM
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I don't have a political party. Both parties are run by idiots and morons who can't even balance a
25/09/2009 09:31:47 PM
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I wish they would be right, just once even.
26/09/2009 02:26:12 AM
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Labour aren't even Tory Lite. They're Tory Heavy. The Tories are Tory Lite.
27/09/2009 08:08:25 AM
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Re: Is your political party ever wrong?
26/09/2009 03:13:11 PM
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An example of our infallibility: it will rain somewhere on the planet sometime next year. *NM*
26/09/2009 03:15:11 PM
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I need to work out who I support over here.
26/09/2009 06:06:39 PM
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In other news, the Pope is a Catholic. *NM*
26/09/2009 09:48:01 PM
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You sure?
01/10/2009 01:58:02 PM
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Oi!
01/10/2009 07:03:35 PM
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I support the Democrats, but they are wrong ALMOST as often as the Republicans *NM*
28/09/2009 10:58:39 PM
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