It’s said that Bill Clinton and Warren G. Harding are comparable presidents. That’s hard to believe. As pointed out, they were both good-looking, philandering former governors with a laisse-fair attitude about their administrations.

The consequence of these weakened presidencies is that their parties are apt to be taken over by conservative thought. Ever since World War I, conservative thinking has hijacked and run the Republican Party. Since Bill Clinton survived as president, he can be the present-day conservative facilitator for the Democrats.

So, if Hillary wins the nomination, the race for presidency will be “Goldwater Girl versus Goldwater Boy.” (John McCain won former Sen. Barry Goldwater’s seat when Goldwater retired, and Hillary campaigned for Goldwater in 1964.) Conservatives, anyone?

What’s the big deal if conservatives run both parties? Well, conservatives limit their information base and are closed to ideas without a kind of pedigree. Outside input is often framed by the letter of the law, not the spirit of the law.

The bottom line is, we need to conserve our heritage, but not at the expense of “progress.” Progress is an ever-increasing challenge that our maker has given us to incorporate the most appropriate resources for the assent of the human race. In other words: Preserve not for its own sake; make the most with what there is.

All this infighting narrows and blunts real opportunities to be taken. Hillary’s strategy is less than noble and it also degrades the two-party system.

FRED STEWART
Grand Junction

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