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dukeboy_318 said

I'm in the same boat. I think a majority of Americans are. Honestly, without getting onto a soap box about politics, the ONLY way this country saves itself from ripping apart internally is if the American citizens BAN the party politics system. It'll never happen but that's one of two mistakes I think the Founders missed. The 2nd being term limits on ALL politically elected offices.

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They didn't miss it. They described the potential alliances or groups as factions, rather than parties. And factions arose anyway because that's how things get done. Organized factions, what we call parties, rise and fall. They aren't in the Consitution, nor are they permanent even though they seem so in our short lifetimes. NYC has four parties of some influence the past 40-50 years.

The question before US citizens, and party leaders in particular, is whether they put principles and country above party. And the ability to do this, especially of top leaders, has cycled back and forth to greater and lesser degrees. GW knew his personal example would be critical to the future sucess of what they were creating. And although his was and should continue to be the leading standard many great examples throughout presidential history. For example even LBJ, a power politician if there ever was. He knew and accepted be long term cost to his party of pushing civil rights acts into law, but he did it anyway, because he thought it was the right thing and neccessary for the good of the country.