If you hate the republicans and thing 3rd party time...

[vicarz]

Someone was reminding me that the republicans were once the liberal party while the democrats were pushing for slavery and other conservative issues. Over time they shifted as their voter interests shifted. If this is accurate (my history back ground is nominal at best) then perhaps trying to shift the existing party belief systems is in fact more important than voting for Nader or the like.

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Party History

[ellipsedream.livejournal.com]

Hey this web site may be interesting for you: http://www.purepolitics.com/politicalhistory.htm

there is a lot on there i didn't know either. good luck in your search! :)

The short version

[http://users.livejournal.com/_blackjack_/]

The Republicans were always to some extent the party of the rich, but it is only in the last few decades that they got into be with with the Religious Right and also became the party of the ignorant and intolerant. The reason the Democrats became the party of Civil Rights and such is that they were originally the party of the working class and the Labor movement. Now much of their working class support has decided to shift to the Republicans and support an agenda which screws them over, because God said so.

[joanarkham.livejournal.com]

Some further thoughts on 3rd parties from last week's Post.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

"To the uninitiated, libertarians are just faux Repubs, another branch of the feuding conservative family. "

I've been saying that lib's are rep's who want to get high for so long...

[joanarkham.livejournal.com]

And have sex with underage girls. The last time I got cornered by one, he went on and on about age of consent laws for some reason...