On Wed, 20 May 2026 02:16:26 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

I'm a Democrat because the party means something to me. Unfortunately,
it means nearly nothing to today's crop of politicians.

A few days ago, I heard a Republican caller to C-SPAN Washington
Journal, a Republican who just wanted to be a conservative, voice
similar complaints about her party.

My state has no party registration so there is no dramatic "leaving the >party".

I'm in the same boat with my Canadian party since I am 90% a financial conservative - I want a tight budget well balanced and not prone to
making grants for silly purposes. (I'm sure all of us can cite "silly
purpose" line items in our federal and state/provincial budgets
right?)

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On Wed, 20 May 2026 02:59:53 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

I'm too stubborn to be forced out by all the assholes.

I was briefly a Republican in high school, before I could vote, as I
greatly admired Gerald Ford, but the suburban legislators were a bunch
of political hacks and I became a Democrat.

I feel the same way.

And thought I'd feel the same way about Mark Carney until he
demonstrated he was a worse spendthrift than Justin Trudeau

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On Wed, 20 May 2026 11:25:07 -0400, Rhino
<no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

I've long felt that politics was based on a pendulum: when it swings too
far one way, right or left, the broader forces of society start to pull
it back towards center. I feel like the Democrats in particular are at
least due, if not badly overdue, to start swinging back towards the
center. Of course a lot of Americans are dismayed with the Republicans
and feel they're due to start swinging back toward the center, too.

Then again, I've been shocked at how polarized America got in the past
20 years. I don't think I ever expected things to get as bad as they are >with respect to polarization.

Ditto. How many of you feel Mamdani would have had a hope in hell of
getting nominated much less elected 20 years ago? (Or any of the squad
really)

And could Nixon or HHH get elected today?

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On May 31, 2026 at 10:39:22 AM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

On Wed, 20 May 2026 11:25:07 -0400, Rhino
<no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

I've long felt that politics was based on a pendulum: when it swings too
far one way, right or left, the broader forces of society start to pull
it back towards center. I feel like the Democrats in particular are at
least due, if not badly overdue, to start swinging back towards the
center. Of course a lot of Americans are dismayed with the Republicans
and feel they're due to start swinging back toward the center, too.

Then again, I've been shocked at how polarized America got in the past
20 years. I don't think I ever expected things to get as bad as they are
with respect to polarization.

Ditto. How many of you feel Mamdani would have had a hope in hell of
getting nominated much less elected 20 years ago? (Or any of the squad really)

And could Nixon or HHH get elected today?

If Democrat icon JFK ran today on the same set of political ideas he had when he was president, the Left would call him a far-right fascist right-wing extremist.



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