To hear Friedman tell it, this mystery party is, in effect, needed to pass a bolder, more sweeping version of the Democratic agenda. Why not just elect more and better Democrats to make that possible? Friedman doesn't say. How would the Friedman Party overcome Republican obstructionism? He doesn't say. How would this third party make the kind of institutional changes that have stifled the process in recent years? Friedman doesn't say.
Other than that, it's a fine idea.
It just gets so tiresome when this crowd argues, for the umpteenth time, that a magical entity can emerge that will agree with Democrats but not really, establish a "consensus" among people with sincere disagreements, and govern successfully without all the messiness that comes with a massive democratic system.
I think his strategy of handing power to the Chi-coms to 'shake things up' is a lot more rational. But fantasy or bloody, it's still all fascist twaddle. Note to Tom-Tom: it's the policies that are unpopular and broken, not the process, not the Constitution, not the people in charge. As Forrest Gump's momma always said: "Stupid is as stupid does". And by that standard we have a monumentally imbecelic government.
And one that El Friedman has the serious hots for more of.
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