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I dislike political parties so much. One of the many reasons I think they are stupid is contradictions between parties. One of the Democrats’ principle criticisms of Republicans is that they “don’t believe in science,” and therefore push to teach creationism in schools, ignore climate change, and want to restrict stem cell research. The Democratic party believes this ignores science because almost all scientists believe differently than the Republican party.
However, the Democratic party is just as stupid. When it comes to economics, all economists believe that free trade is a good thing. However, the Democratic Party consistently stands for a variety of trade restrictions.
It’s incoherent for either party to criticize the other at not believing in science. This is just one of the many ways that both major party platforms are incoherent. I am glad not to call myself democrat or republican, and I never plan to do so.
Michael Steele has been owned by the Republican Party over the past couple of weeks. First, Rush Limbaugh stated that he wanted President Obama to fail. Steele criticized Limbaugh for the comment, and then (1) Limbaugh stated that he meant he wanted Obama’s policies to fail; and (2) Limbaugh as well as a number of prominent Republicans attacked Steele for criticizing Limbaugh. Second, Michael Steele referred to abortion as a personal choice, and was heartily criticized by Republicans for believing other than the “official” party platform. Steele then quickly “qualified” his statement to say that he was totally pro-life and that his comments about choice were just about adoption.
I’m not debating whether Steele was actually pro life or pro choice, or whether Limbaugh was being authentic when he stated he wanted Obama’s policies to fail rather than Obama to fail. Rather, I just want to point out that no matter what Michael Steele believes, he is not allowed to say it, because he is owned by the Republican party. Steele is the RNC chair – he is supposed to be a leader of the party – he is not supposed to just repeat what Rush Limbaugh says. Steele should not be afriad to – gasp – suggest new ideas for the party or criticize long-held beliefs. The same goes for any well-known politician in either party. It is absurd that politicians have to be careful to stay close to the party platform in fear that they might upset “the base” of the party. The two recent events involving Steele only emphasize how political parties stifle independent thought.
