THE WHIG COMEBACK BEGINS HERE
Nov. 11th, 2013 12:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogYr I-Thought-You-Were-Dead lede of the day:
You remember the Whigs, of course. They were the original American “third party” and were a significant political force until they pretty much disbanded in the mid-19th century.
Evidently they're still around, and attracting independents like Bucholz who are tired of two-party polarization, says SF Gate:
Granted, Bucholz was campaigning for the office of election judge in the Rhawnhurst section of Philadelphia (which pays $100 a year, incidentally). So it’s not like control of Congress hangs in the balance or anything.
And it’s true that most independent parties already tout themselves as an alternative to the broken two-party system. But most of them tend to take one side of the spectrum to extremes, not carve a middle ground like the Whigs – which on paper makes them more appealing to me than any indie party I can name.
So more power to ‘em, Jim.
Whigging out,
This is dF
You remember the Whigs, of course. They were the original American “third party” and were a significant political force until they pretty much disbanded in the mid-19th century.
Evidently they're still around, and attracting independents like Bucholz who are tired of two-party polarization, says SF Gate:
Previously an independent, Bucholz said he joined the Whigs three years ago because of their fiscally conservative but socially liberal views. They represent a sensible "middle path" between Democrats and Republicans, especially in light of the recent government shutdown, he said.
"That pretty much told us we can't trust either party and the system is broken," Bucholz said Thursday.
"That pretty much told us we can't trust either party and the system is broken," Bucholz said Thursday.
Granted, Bucholz was campaigning for the office of election judge in the Rhawnhurst section of Philadelphia (which pays $100 a year, incidentally). So it’s not like control of Congress hangs in the balance or anything.
And it’s true that most independent parties already tout themselves as an alternative to the broken two-party system. But most of them tend to take one side of the spectrum to extremes, not carve a middle ground like the Whigs – which on paper makes them more appealing to me than any indie party I can name.
So more power to ‘em, Jim.
Whigging out,
This is dF
