Politics: Modern Whig interview gets attention
Posted in Politics with tags Greens, Libertarians, Modern Whigs on August 26, 2008 by Billy DennisYesterday’s interview with Modern Whig Party Chairman Mike Lebowitz picked up some links from here, here and here, which made this comment:
I highly recommend taking a few minutes to read the interview. It’s a great insight into the thinking behind America’s freshest and perhaps most innovative political party. Listen up, Libertarians and Greens alike, because I have a feeling that these people might surprise us with their success.
That was my conclusion too. My politics lean toward the libertarian, but I’m no Libertarian Party member. My complaint about the LP can easily be applied toward the Green Party as well:Â They demand that everything change. And thus, they achieve no change. Politicians promise change, but in reality, voters just want things to run a little bit better today than they did yesterday.
The LPers and the Greenies don’t get that. They want to smash it all and rebuild it according to their political aesthetic. Trouble is, 90 percent of the voters are happy enough with their political party of choice. They will, occasionally, vote for someone across the aisle whose views are close enough to their own.
The Modern Whigs fit that bill.
Any comment, third party members?
