Characteristics of "wilderness" parties [View All]

[nemo137]

i'm looking at the democratic party now, and the republicans during the clinton years.
1.)Demonization - each party accuses the party in power of having nefarious purposes related to the destruction of the republic (reps calling the clinton health plan part of a socialist takeoever, dems calling bush fascist)
2.)Willingness to believe conspiracy theories (reps accuse clinton of killing vince foster, dems accuse BFEE of killing wellstone)
3.)Undermining - question the legitimacy of the ruling party's mandate. calls for impeachment.

i've seen these 3 in heavy evidence on both sides. has anyone seen any others?