https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S2G8jhhUHg John Oliver's excellent takedown of the country's broken primary/caucus/presidential candidate nominating system on Sunday's Last Week Tonight reminded me of a much earlier takedown of the entire political party system by someone who knew a thing or two about politics: George Washington. Here's what he wrote in his farewell to the nation back in 1796, … Continue reading John Oliver & George Washington tag team the party system
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John Adams's description of the New Yorkers he encountered on his way to the First Continental Congress is just as apt today as it was in 1774.
