> It’s ironic that you think any political party is above doing every last possible thing to win. Political parties don't do anything, people in them do. The p

> It’s ironic that you think any political party is above doing every last possible thing to win. Political parties don't do anything, people in them do. The people in those parties, for the most part, do indeed have limits to what they will do to win. The ones that don't are sociopaths who unfortunately sometimes amass undeserved power. But I see no evidence for the kind of universal assertion of amorality you're making here. > No political party anywhere on earth has principles above getting elected. That just treats politics as some kind of nihilistic team sport, which I reject and it's unsupported by any evidence. Parties have platforms. According to https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trust-us-politicians-keep-most-of-their-promises/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trust-us-politicians-ke... politicians do try to keep most of their platform promises. > If you believe the democrats are any better, perhaps research machine politics. I don't understand your point here. It appears that you're defending Republicans doing... something? By saying that the Democrats did... something? > It is a naked power struggle from top to bottom on all sides. That stance seems in direct contradiction to the enlightenment principles upon which the United States was founded. The peaceful transition of power between opposing parties has been very much a hallmark of the US republic for many decades, and a principle to which most of us adhere.