The Party of Abject Failure

South Knox Bubba had himself a run-in of sorts with the Republican Party. I laughed my hind end off about it.

I would like that "The Side of Abject Failure" put on a button, or something. And wear it into either Party's convention.

Speaking of either political party, Say Uncle had some very keen thoughts on our current two-party system.

I may be wrong here.

But I think money's the big issue here....as to why we've still got our two outmoded and out-thought political parties. The Democratic Party and Republican Party are brand names on par with Coke and Pepsi, to continue Uncle's metaphor. And until the status quo is changed, and people (and corporations) stop pouring money into either political machine, we're going to continue to have these two dinosaurs.

And of course, unless you're independently mega-wealthy (like Perot, or Steve Forbes), and the mega-superstar personality (like a Schwarzenegger....or, to a degree, a Jesse Ventura), you aren't going to be able to crack that system on a scale any larger than the local level.

If you're a party regular who's generally disenchanted with your current affiliation (like many Republicans and Democrats), you still generally need the financial trappings of one of the parties.

But if you're Schwarzenegger, you're probably not going to be taken seriously, unless you take up the banner of one of the two parties.