BasketCase
Username sez it all
Maybe the following will get my point across.
Take a look at what happened to health care reform in the U.S.--before Scott Brown came along. Quite naturally, there were only two parties in Congress. The D's and the R's. The D's had a supermajority (60 votes) but they still couldn't pass it.
What happened? The short version: conservative Democrats opposed abortion language in the bill. Liberal Democrats opposed the entire bill because it, in their words, didn't go far enough. Moderate Democrats pretty much got caught in the middle.
The U.S. is only a two-party system in name. In reality, there are at least FOUR parties. Liberal D's, moderate D's, conservative D's, and R's. We are two parties in name only--in action, the U.S. already has exactly the multi-party system you guys are talking about in such glowing terms.
Do your nifty-sounding multi-party systems produce better actual results? The answer is no. Not. Nyet. Nischt. Not in a million years. No way Jose. Icksnay, negatory, nope, nuh-uh, and (man falling off of a cliff) NNNOOOOOOooooooooooooooo
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Take a look at what happened to health care reform in the U.S.--before Scott Brown came along. Quite naturally, there were only two parties in Congress. The D's and the R's. The D's had a supermajority (60 votes) but they still couldn't pass it.
What happened? The short version: conservative Democrats opposed abortion language in the bill. Liberal Democrats opposed the entire bill because it, in their words, didn't go far enough. Moderate Democrats pretty much got caught in the middle.
The U.S. is only a two-party system in name. In reality, there are at least FOUR parties. Liberal D's, moderate D's, conservative D's, and R's. We are two parties in name only--in action, the U.S. already has exactly the multi-party system you guys are talking about in such glowing terms.
Do your nifty-sounding multi-party systems produce better actual results? The answer is no. Not. Nyet. Nischt. Not in a million years. No way Jose. Icksnay, negatory, nope, nuh-uh, and (man falling off of a cliff) NNNOOOOOOooooooooooooooo
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