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Kennedy, which symbolizes a shift in American political life. After Kennedy's assassination, party politics once again raised its head and, due to the cultural effect of the Vietnam War, dominated American political life.
Although at first the war caused the parties to scramble to find their identity, with the election of Richard Nixon it was quickly established that the Democrats were the anti-war party and the Republicans were the party tough on Communism. There was no in between and these were the two choices given to the American people. This general alignment continued through the Reagan years and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
The Post-Cold War era, like the previous eras, has also been dominated by party politics. This fact is clear from the election results of both the race between Al Gore and George Bush and John Kerry and George Bush. In both elections, the nation was divided nearly fifty-fifty. The party who won claimed a mandate and gave the minority party no room for debate, regardless of the fact that nearly half the country was behind the Democrats.
Now, with the Democrats in control...
Only time will tell whether they too will ignore the fact that they only represent only roughly half the nation.
Today, more than ever, George Washington's prophesy is truer than ever. At the very early stages of our nation's history, he warned against the potential threat of the influence of political parties on the political life of America. His essential fear was that the parties would eventually divide the nation to such a point that the party would become a quasi-individual that would lead to the demise of the power of the minority and thus be the end of the democracy. And although ever since the time Washington made is prediction the parties have steadily eroded the politics of democracy in America, if the latest polls and election results are to be of any indication, today the party, and not the people, are the rulers.
Bibliography
Kennedy, David M. Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Washington, George. Farewell Address. Carlisle: Applewood Books, 1999.
Bibliography
Kennedy, David M. Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Washington, George. Farewell Address. Carlisle: Applewood Books, 1999.
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