The two-Party system
The Yorkipoo versus the Taco Terrier Parties
Let’s compare our current two-party political realm to the world of dog breeding.
Dog breeds have always been mixed with varying degrees of success or failure. It is thought that inter-breeding can eliminate negative, recessive traits and have positive effects called “hybrid vigor”. Lately, however, some dog breeders have seemingly lost all perspective in their attempts to create “designer dogs” that can be marketed and sold to wealthy customers.
Some designer dogs are good. Some are haphazard and ill-conceived. Below, thanks to more.com, are three of the good and two of the bad.
The Good:
Cockapoo
“The cocker spaniel–poodle mixes are smart, loyal, and mellow. They’re also mostly very healthy and require little maintenance. Because they are hypoallergenic, don’t shed, and are dander-free, they require no special grooming other than weekly brushing.”
Puggle
“The puggle, a mix of pug and beagle, is wonderful around kids and are as comfortable playing fetch as they are cuddling on your lap.”
Labradoodle
“Dog “designers” in the 1980s got the idea to combine the highly intelligent breeds of poodle and Labrador to create a super smart pup. Labradoodles are also playful, affectionate, and hypoallergenic.”
The Bad:
Yorkipoo
No offense to anyone who may have one and love the little monster, “… but be warned if you’re considering a Yorkipoo; they’re mischievous little nuggets. With the intelligence of a poodle and fearless energy of a Yorkshire terrier, Yorkipoos are tiny little barking dynamos. This makes them sort of adorable for a while, but prospective owners should definitely invest in a good, strong leash and maybe some earplugs.”
Taco Terrier
“Taco terror is more like it. When you cross a toy fox terrier and a Chihuahua, you get a tiny dog with a huge tendency to make trouble. Taco terriers have no problem approaching much bigger dogs and trying to shake things up, so their owners must work very hard to socialize them.”
Proposed: Let’s consign the elephant and the donkey to the trash heap of history. If you are a partisan Republican today, you are a Yorkipoo; and today’s partisan Democrats are Taco Terriers.
It should be obvious to everyone that the two-party system is not working. The two parties are powerful and rich political entities that have over engineered themselves like many of the over engineered “designer dogs” available now.
According to Wikipedia, “On October 26, 1974, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Horton and two accomplices robbed Joseph Fournier, a 17-year-old gas station attendant, and then fatally stabbed him 19 times after he had cooperated by handing over all of the money in the cash register. His body was stuffed in a trash can so his feet were jammed up against his chin. Fournier died from blood loss.[2] Horton was convicted of murder, sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, and incarcerated at the Northeastern Correctional Center in Massachusetts.[3]” When Dukakis was governor, Horton was on a weekend furlough. The governor was the chief law enforcement official. During the primary debate, the weekend furlough was first mentioned by Al Gore. That was 30 years ago. The Watergate burglary was 46 years ago.
During the 2008 presidential campaign, the Republican advertising machine failed to exploit Obama’s Marxist roots from his parents to Frank Marshal Davis to Reverend Wright to Bill Ayers and Bernadette Dorn, to his own book, Dreams from my Father. Republican politicians are naïve about “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” — Barack Obama, October 30, 2008 and “We are going to have to change our conversation; we’re going to have to change our traditions, our history; we’re going to have to move into a different place as a nation.” — Michelle Obama, May 14, 2008. I guess “good natured” Republicans are afraid of the media-Democrat axis.
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/359967/obama-transforming-america-victor-davis-hanson
Answer to your paragraph 1: Willie Horton was an evil person. Not in dispute. WinLoseorDraw would have been fine taking him out of the gene pool a lot sooner.
Answer to your paragraph 2: Former President Barack Obama’s roots (Marxist or otherwise) was not the thrust of WinLoseorDraw’s original.
WinLoseorDraw asserted that Republican operatives and Republican Party Hacks cannot be characterized as naive and good natured. You say they are good natured and also “afraid of the media-Democrat axis.”
Here are some other examples to bolster WinLoseorDraw’s assertion:
In 1970, Karl Rove posed as a Democrat volunteer and stole letterhead. The letterhead was used to “invite” drunks and low-lifes to a Democrat fund raiser. Karl Rove has admitted this but downplays it as a “prank.”
The “Committee” to re-elect former President Nixon (CREEP) is widely known to have engaged in wiretaps, burglary, and forgery.
Former President Nixon had an “enemies list” the purpose of which was to “screw” people who did not support him.
In 1977, Former President Nixon said, “If the President does it, it can’t be illegal.”
In 1980 we have the Iran-Contra fiasco.
In 2004 we have the “Swift Boat” smear. “Swift Boating has become an adjective for false and defamatory campaign rhetoric.
Chew on those, and, if you like, history can supply other examples (that we know of).
Again, nothing said in this thread is an attempt to absolve Democrats in any way. The original WinLoseorDraw Comment agreed that Democrat operatives could and should be characterized as “wolves.”
When it comes to the political operatives, Democrats are wolves and Republicans are Satchels from the comic strip Get Fuzzy.
You have said the Democrat political operatives are “wolves”. WinLoseorDraw agrees! Then you said Republican political operatives are “Satchels from the comic strip Get Fuzzy. WinLoseorDraw has never seen the cartoon called “Get Fuzzy,” but Wikipedia describes Satchel Pooch as naïve and good natured. Therefore WinLoseorDraw takes issue with this analogy. The Willie Horton ad campaign was not naïve and good natured. The Watergate break ins were not naïve and good natured