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Jennifer's avatar

Time to drop the tribal labels, far right, far left, red, blue, Democrat, Republican. I am sick and tired of that name-calling being used as a self-sufficient weapon. We are Americans. I am a Republican who appreciated this balanced essay; thank you. We are indeed in a topsy-turvy political climate!

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As a traditional republican and conservative, at 70 I believe it's time to close the Aisle and abolish the Party system; taking George Washington's advice in his Farewell Address. No pensions or career building will go a long way to limiting terms while not imposing term limits. Making millionaires in political office is not acceptable, and the means by which to corrupt politicians achieve this needs to be prosecuted. This article is a little skewed, but gets the point across, we must end the endless wars, as clarioned by President Trump and RFK Jr alike. I think like Jennifer the tribal labels need to go with the Parties. "Neocon" too, is obsolete. Let's call them what hey are: pseudo-cons, and pseudo libs; Counterfeits; two wings of the same bird... Biden and company can make thier own choices, and blaming neocon pressure is bullshit. For Connor to go to Ukraine and fight is a choice driven by his beliefs eg, not political pressure. This has always been Joe Biden, back to my youth in Philly when he was in our news almost everyday. JFK was a social liberal and foreign policy hawk - not a Pseudo-. Bolton too, a FP hawk, unlike the Pseudos, differs from them in this: He is against the endless unwindable wars, and clearly stated last week; Biden needs to either go in to win, or withdraw support for Ukraine. In short, neoconservatism (likewise pseudoliberalism), has only superficial traits of true traditional conservatism or liberalism, which today is known as 'libertarian.' Not the Party per se, but in these regards in the spirit of Ron Paul, Donald Trump, and RFK Jr. Therefore to diminish the undue influence of the Military-Industrial Complex, we need to abolish the supportive mafia; the Cabal we call the (Two) Party System. (If you get rid of one party now, another will fill the void.) I'm envisioning perhaps a split ticket; eg, RFK Jr/Rand Paul; or Trump/Kennedy as a step toward dissolving this perverse Partisan political system the Father of Our Country so strongly warned us against, and take the steps to end enrichment and career-building at the expense of self-government. Recognize: The Democrat and Republican Parties exist to stay in Power. The Parties are NOT our Government, people. Rather, they supplant our self-government and are the Counterfeits destroying our Constitutional Democratic Republic.

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