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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I don't really buy the destruction of America through Republican evil, the system has too many checks and balances, and any party that gets elected knows that any radical change will probably cause them to lose elections.
Plus unless the supreme court gets reconstituted anything nutty is probably going to get challenged and over ruled.
People said the same thing about Harper and the Conservatives and hinted at hidden agenda's but they really never came to pass because a saavy politician and leader knows that the path of destruction is littered with civil right errors.
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I don't buy it either for the most part... the nice thing about social policy is it has a built in oversight and veto by the courts. Sadly, bad economic policy has no such oversight.
What I meant before was, if people are hailing a victory for a decidedly mediocre incumbent president because the other guy is "socially regressive", wait until they see who's next if/when Obama fails to execute proper fiscal policy.
I agree people get suckered into the social evils boogeyman argument way too easily, and it blinds them to other issues, but I could see some social conservative policy decisions that don't involve overturning Roe v. Wade or criminalizing homosexuality that could damage the economy almost as badly as poor fiscal policy.
With that in mind, the Republicans did a terrible job sticking to the big issue and coming up with a somewhat reasonable plan. Be honest and say, yes, slash and burn on government expenses, tax code revamp, federal GST, and no hikes only for the rich. Dicking around and waffling and chatting about mindless social policy gets you the result we see today.