Open Letter to Sarah Palin

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apprivoiser
Butterfly

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Location: Coastal Maine

18 Sep 2008, 7:03 pm

matsuiny2004 wrote:

dougn wrote:

Prof_Pretorius wrote:

Could someone PLEASE explain Yank politics to me ???

Both of your 'parties' seem so vague and inconsistent I honestly can't muddle through what the devil they stand for????

The major American political parties aren't ideological entities. The Democrats are generally considered to be more left-wing and the Republicans more right-wing (now - I would emphasize that this is not necessarily the case historically), but neither one openly subscribes to a specific ideology.

This is not like other countries where the political parties are explicitly ideological - e.g. in the UK the Conservatives are obviously meant to be conservative, the Liberal Democrats liberal, and Labour socialist. The same is the case in Canada with the Conservatives, Liberals and New Democrats (socialists). In Germany you have the Christian Democrats, Social Democrats, Free Democrats (liberals), Green Party and Left Party (left-wing socialists/communists).

actually they are, there are many ideaologies in american politics. We have liberalism, conservativism, socialism, progressivism,etc

They all don't get the same amount of play or attention. I think this is really interesting!

skywatcher
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27 Sep 2008, 10:43 pm

I don't believe in rushing to judgement about anyone, even someone like Sarah Palin. I don't know where you all get 99% of your ideas about what she stands for and what she would be capable of doing in office, considering that we have a huge majority of dems that only will grow this election. I don't understand why you are so much in an uproar over issues that honestly serve no purpose - most issues that are debated endlessly should be dropped because no Congress or President will ever reach a decision on it, at least not for decades (and if we are not talking politics, then what purpose does it serve to debate something for years when you could have reached conclusion on hudreds of things in the mean time).

Please don't get me wrong, I do believe that there is room for debate here, just more organized debate, and debate of an issue that we will come to a conclusion with sometime soon. I don't believe bashing some politician because you don't like them, this starting from what seems to me to be a letter that really serves no purpose in that, is going to get you anywhere. You need to be more organized, more structured, more focused. If you really want to give her a bashing, if you feel the need to, then you must learn how to control your anger, focus it, and utilize it as a tool for your writing. Don't write chaotically, don't write hatefully. Write like I'm writing now. No swear words, nothing threatening, very focused, very thorough. Dress your writing to impress. Do all this, and you will get your point across. Write as you have on this forum, and you will be on the secret service watch list for the next 25 years. Got it?

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apprivoiser
Butterfly

Joined: 4 Sep 2008
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Posts: 10
Location: Coastal Maine

27 Sep 2008, 11:41 pm

Hi, Skywatcher
We all have the right to talk about our likes & dislikes of any political view point. I believe these issues I've spoke about do play a role in politics. This letter has helped me and others deal with some of the fears regarding this person- who would be a heartbeat away from the highest office. This is what debate is all about. Simply telling people not to talk, will do us all a disservice. I've not been "angry" I'm actually positive and hopeful, as are most democrates at this point in time. I would thank you for your keen insight in writing technique and your critique- but I think I'm fairly good at writing, and I don't completely appreciate your approach. People in the press and media have been talking about all that I've stated in this forum, I'm not at all threatened by your "secret service" cue.
Thanx.
~Missy:)

sebbs
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker