Bill Maher and I have something in common!

As a matter of fact, it may be two things.
Very recently, Maher took some heat for saying something to the affect of "American people are stupid." When it comes to politics, I tend to agree. Now his reasoning was that people may actually vote for Sarah Palin. I, on the other hand, would point to the "Democrats" in Harlem that were interviewed on the Howard Stern Show. Before the election, the show went around asking people who they were voting for. When they inevitably responded, "Obama," they were asked if they agreed with his policies, but used McCain's policies. Like if they were okay with him having a female as a Vice Presidential Candidate, or if they supported his Pro-Life stance. Of course, they were. Here's the link. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5p3OB6roAg

I'd also point to the countless people who believe that a woman killing her baby is a "choice," or that the people that believe "words speak louder than actions." You know, like welfare is good, and the Democrats are "for the people" and for the minorities, when looking at the facts says otherwise. But I guess, in principal, we agree.

I also agree with him on one other topic. The other night he said on the Tonight Show (w/Conan) that there needs to be a Progressive Party. That would be for all the Leftwing nut jobs who hate America and think we need to appease all foreign countries, that hate religion, and hate the rich and think if you have a lot the government should take it from you to take care of those who they apparently don't have enough respect for to think that they could take care of themselves. People like Maher, Janeane Garofalo, Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi,and Barack Obama. While of course I would have no part of it, the idea of a strong 3 party system is a good one. Currently in the U.S., when asked what people consider themselves politically, the breakdown is about:

Conservative: 35%
Moderate: 45%
Liberal: 20%

With the two party system we have in place now, what happens is this: Republicans, knowing they won't lose many conservatives, try to appeal to the moderates to try to win an election. Democrats, knowing they won't lose many liberals, try to appeal to the moderates to try to win an election. So you've got two parties that aren't very different. Both try to appeal to the middle, meaning the very conservative and very liberal are many times happy with neither.
If we were able to employ a strong 3 party system, people would have choices. The Progressive Party could cater to the liberals, the Democrats would be the moderates, and the Republicans could then actually follow their ideologies. And better yet, extreme liberals like Obama would have little chance of being elected at all. A win, win for everyone!