While having more than two political parties--i.e. groups with enough members and support to actually elect public officials--might be a good thing, the designation of Republicans and Democrats as supporters of different governing strategies is misleading. Other than having a different linguistic heritage (Republic = Roman; Democracy = Greek), the meaning of the words is essentially the same--i.e. the affairs of the public or deme, a grouping of individuals. Which, at a minimum, suggests that the practice of collapsing and encapsulating the public interest into the will of a single ruling individual, as the proponents of a unitary executive aim to insure, is a contradiction of what's being claimed.

That's presuming, of course, that in focusing on the public interest, the intent is to promote the welfare of the body politic. That people would come together into organized groups for the purpose of doing each other harm seems far-fetched. And yet, that's what a considerable body of individuals who still call themselves Republicans have morphed into. United by hate, their aim is to deprivate--to deny to their fellows the enjoyment of rights, as well as the necessities of life.

One has to wonder about the wellspring of deprivation. Is it envy which counsels that "if I can't (have, enjoy, thrive), neither shall anyone else"? Is that what drove Cain to do away with his brother? Is deprivation the original sin and destruction merely an adjunct? If so, then the killing of Abel was the first sacrifice--not to honor the Creator, but to deprive Him of the company of His creation. In other words, the sacrifice of a single human life is an insult to the Creator. And that's what the deprivators are about. Driven by hubris they are out to destroy what God in His goodness has made.