by Curt Guillory

Created on: August 29, 2009   Last Updated: August 30, 2009

The dance of the elephant and donkey goes around and around. They dance around the voting public in hopes to win and keep their precious majority. While the Republican and Democratic parties are ideologically different, there are a few key issues they can agree upon.

The most important issue the two parties agree on is the one issue no one is talking about. That is that they do not want a third party to exist under any circumstances. A third party would likely represent a middle ground between the two, this would be a consensus. Neither the Republicans, nor the Democrats want a consensus. Both parties realize that it is much easier to fight one opponent than two.

The second issue both parties agree on is that their ideas for ruling the country are absolute and finite. There can be no middle ground. If you do not think like they do and follow party line completely, then you are the opposition. It's very much like Granny from the Beverly Hillbillies used to say, "You're either fer me or agin me."

Each party says they want to bring an era of bi-partisanship and cooperation to Washington. The problem is that they have been saying this for decades, and the American public has yet to see any real bi-partisanship from anyone in Washington. When is the last time you heard Joe Republican refer to Jean Democrat's bill as a good idea or vice versa? The fear is that if they agree on too much, then there will be no need for two parties.

Power is the golden ring both parties are trying to grab and control. The democrats want power by controlling your behavior. They believe that they can run your life better than you can. They want to create a dependent society. The democratic leadership believes in a two class society, them and everyone else. They would love to do away with all other societal classes. They want to control every aspect of your life. Everything from health care to how big, or fast, a car you can own is fair game for the democrats.

Republicans are no better. They believe that no government is better government. Republicans believe that the free market and unrestricted competition is the ultimate system. For them, big business is good business, and bigger business is even better business. Competition creates ideas. Ideas bring forth action. Action yields change. Whoever has the best ideas and can implement then gets the prize. It all sounds great doesn't it?

The problem is that republicans have no problem with stepping on the necks of those below them to get

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