Posted on 01/27/2006 10:37:05 AM PST by NormsRevenge
Ironically, Hiram Johnson ran on the BullMoose ticket with Teddy..
I don't know whether to curse or applaud Johnson since his reforms eventually allowed our common enemies to gain power through the constitutional back door he created.
I'm sure Governor Johnson would have had a coronary if he would have known the Wilsonegger gang while he was in office. He, most probably, would also have been flabbergasted that principles he espoused were forsaken, allowing a dual nationality governor.
Oh how times have changed.
Unfortunately, with the damage done by both Bush #41 and Clinton to the republic and the Constitution, it would only take perhaps two more election cycles to go wrong LIBERAL RAT and the situation would be irretrievable. We are a two party system. Period. Third parties can only act as a spoiler. Ask Perot and Nader. They both took elections away from central party candidates on both sides. RINOS are an unpleasant fact of life. But it would be easier to simply deal with them than to try and build what took over 140 years to create in the first place.
Not 'middle of the road' but full on neo-liberalism.
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