Why I am leaving the US...

[Mr Khan]

HappySqurriel said:

chocoloco said:

Man, If Macain had won the election I would have left for Canada. Good luck to you.

Also if a Republican beats Obama in the next election, hello British Columbia.

I didn’t initially notice this post until it was quoted, but I think it demonstrates the core reason why the United States has fallen so far ...

As long as a candidate/elected official belongs to the "Correct" political party people have given up actually evaluating their performance; and if someone belongs to the "Wrong" political party they’re automatically discounted regardless of who they are or what they intend to do. Until Americans hold both political parties accountable, and force them both to start acting in the best interests of everyone, the special interest groups that are in control of both parties will continue to bleed the country dry.

This process is self-reinforcing though. Many moderates think that getting the Republican nomination was the worst thing that happened to John McCain, and there's a reason for that. As a member of a given political party, you are beholden to the constituency that that political party espouses. Democrats have to be Union-lovin' Tax-hikin' gay lovers, and Republicans have to be bible-thumpin' gun-totin' xenophobes, or they risk losing favor within their own party to people who hold more true to those core values.

I respected Arlen Spector as a Republican, for instance, but i would never ever have voted for him (had i had the opportunity to do so), because ultimately he was more answerable to a group of people whose views are utterly opposed to mine. It's not a problem with America, it's a problem with parties.