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Oddball or not, he is right about the 2 party system ruining the country. I have always wanted to abolish the parties and make individuals and their platforms the focus. The party system has turned into political sport in this country. "my team won the last election nahnahnah" or "my team lost, I am taking my ball and going home"



You can't really abolish parties. It's that whole constitutional freedom of association thing. Anyway, it is human nature for those with similar interests and goals to form bonds and coalitions that would soon morph into formal parties. You can't legislate away human nature. Jefferson and Adams had a tussle over the formation of political parties. IMHO, it was one of the few times that Adams had the upper hand in a debate with Jefferson.
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