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These political scientists are discovering even more reasons U.S. politics are a disaster
Washington Post ^ | 11/3/15 | Max Ehrenfreund

Posted on 11/03/2015 11:47:39 AM PST by Slings and Arrows

It isn't just that Democrats and Republicans agree on less and less these days. It's that they hate each other's guts.

In Congress and in state houses across the country, differences of opinion are widening when it comes to taxation, social issues and more. Beyond any specific disagreement about a particular bill or budget, though, negotiation has become trickier as legislators seek compromises with people whom their constituents simply detest.

Ordinary Americans increasingly view members of the opposite party with contempt and scorn. They see them as less intelligent and more selfish, according to pollsters and political scientists. And parents are more likely to say they wouldn't even want someone in the other party to marry their children.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
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Gee, I wonder what caused them to conclude that?
1 posted on 11/03/2015 11:47:39 AM PST by Slings and Arrows
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To: Slings and Arrows

Simple

The more powerful and intrusive the government becomes, the more disagreements will exist. (struggles for power)


2 posted on 11/03/2015 11:53:41 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Slings and Arrows

This is because the Democrats are moving to the left faster than the Republicans.


3 posted on 11/03/2015 11:55:53 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Slings and Arrows

The end result of Democrats taking Saul Alinsky’s advice and setting out to DESTROY their opponents.

People tend not to like you very much if you try to destroy them.


4 posted on 11/03/2015 11:56:01 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Slings and Arrows

Reading the comments section on that article is a special kind of infuriating.


5 posted on 11/03/2015 11:59:05 AM PST by Heavyrunner (Socialize this.)
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To: Heavyrunner

*shrug* It’s the WaPo.


6 posted on 11/03/2015 11:59:36 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: Slings and Arrows
The hatred is stoked by the rulers in the Uniparty.

It's how they stay on top.

7 posted on 11/03/2015 12:01:38 PM PST by Jim Noble (Diseases desperate grown Are by desperate appliance relieved Or not at al)
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To: Slings and Arrows

It’s self-defense.

The Democrat Party has declared war on us.

And the GOPe cares only for feathering its own nest.


8 posted on 11/03/2015 12:03:41 PM PST by MUDDOG
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To: MUDDOG

Two for two.


9 posted on 11/03/2015 12:17:03 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: smokingfrog

The more power the Federal Government, the more vital it is to control it. This is why the return on lobbying is better than the return on any other investment.


10 posted on 11/03/2015 12:40:52 PM PST by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: smokingfrog
And the more it tries to impose a uniform set of perverse moral norms and corrupt legal restrictions over a free and diverse people, the more the law will be broken, until the government has to resort to the naked use of violence to compel obedience.

And then we will have civil war.

11 posted on 11/03/2015 12:45:08 PM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens")
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To: Little Ray

Think WWE wrestling... Dems and GOPe. Looks like a fight, sounds like a fight, but is scripted theater, the outcome decided. The Dems have sold their souls to Satan, the GOPe is in negotiations to do same. The battle for freedom is now entirely within the GOP... insurgents vs establishment. Notice the GOPe reprobates HATES the Tea Party as much as do the DemWits.


12 posted on 11/03/2015 12:55:20 PM PST by FiddlePig
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Democratic treason goes back at least to the time of Jackson, as the grave monument of Nathaniel Grigsby made clear.
Liberals, and we know you read FR, are advised to look up Grigsby’s gave on the internet.


13 posted on 11/03/2015 1:01:15 PM PST by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and because of what Muslims do.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Democratic treason goes back at least to the time of Jackson, as the grave monument of Nathaniel Grigsby made clear.
Liberals, and we know you read FR, are advised to look up Grigsby’s gave on the internet.


14 posted on 11/03/2015 1:01:15 PM PST by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and because of what Muslims do.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
You can't reason with a cult.

One of our former political parties has become a cult, with one true faith and articles of belief.

You cannot question these articles of belief, because if you do you have proven yourself to be an unbeliever and a bad person.

And as a result, there's no point in trying to have a debate about policy with these people, because they can't be reasoned with or persuaded by evidence.

15 posted on 11/03/2015 1:13:56 PM PST by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

No shi’ite!


16 posted on 11/03/2015 1:20:18 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Slings and Arrows
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17 posted on 11/03/2015 1:23:31 PM PST by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: Slings and Arrows

This is why the founders disliked political parties.


18 posted on 11/03/2015 1:42:51 PM PST by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,")
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To: DesertRhino

I think that, in a representative democracy, political parties are inevitable. Perhaps not desirable, but inevitable.


19 posted on 11/03/2015 2:09:11 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Democrats are less intelligent, and they are selfish - too selfish to give their own money to charity, so they give other people’s money. Democrats vary from stupid to pure evil, and I would not approve of one of my children marrying one. Liberals are at best disgusting, petty tyrants, except for Hillary whose tyranny would not be petty.


20 posted on 11/03/2015 2:10:13 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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