Should progressive America prepare for anarchy since the Tea Party movement is influencing the election of conservatives to Congress?
Personally, I wonder how long it will take to corrupt most of the newly elected leaders... but that's just the cynic in me... or is it just being a realist?
Personally, I believe the only hope for American government is to get away from party domination and Americans become willing to vote for someone outside the almighty Democrat and Republican parties!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Anarchy in America?
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Amen!!!!!!
Mango
We have the internet, Twitter, FaceBook, MySpace, Satelite Tv etc.. EVERYBODY has a cell phone. Now even the folks on welfare HAVE a cell phone. WHy do we need politicians? Why can't we all just tune in every friday night, and decide what WE want to HAVE the govt do AND spend for the coming week?
WTF are people thinking up in NYC to actually give Rangel the chance to be re-elected? This is proof that we have way too many folks on the tit........
CLass Dismissed.
Mayor of Poolville.
I vote libertarian fairly often, not because I think they have a chance of winning, but because I want them to receive enough votes to qualify for automatic placement on ballots in subsequent elections. I think the best way to effect change will be to reshape how the parties operate. For all intensive purposes if you remove certain contentious scoial issues from their political agendas and the Democrats and Republicans agree on roughly 3/4 of the issues. They are same party. What was the real difference between former Presidents Bush and Clinton, not a lot. We need more polarization in the parties not less. I think if you make the parties stand for something then the average uniformed, uninspired, shouldn't be out in public voter can at least make a more informed decision.
I agree that before change can be made, there has to be a 'disconnect' from what's been going on - after all, you don't shift gears without using the clutch, do you?
Like you, Denney, the skeptic in me cautions that it's only a matter of time until a newly-elected official ossifies into one of 'them'.
I've also used Kramer's tactic of voting for Libertarians in the down-ballot races, for the same reason: bringing the [little 'l', anyway] Libertarian viewpoint to the forefront of the political debate. In a time long ago, a galaxy not so far away, I worked on a State Rep's campaign, and got a glimpse of how the machinery works - the campaign honchos definitely pay attention to party affiliation trends and voting patterns.
It's a sad state of affairs that the R Senate Re-Election Committee is so afraid of fresh air that it can only support the status quo.
It all starts somewhere.
It starts by not sending lawyers to Washington, or Austin. It is a direct conflict of interest for a lawyer to serve in congress. He takes a oth to the Judiciary branch of the government when he gets his license to practice law. When elected to the legislative branch, he has a conflict as to which branch his loyalty lies with, judicial or legislative. I don't even want to think of the ethical implications of a lawyer being elected to the executive branch. Oh wait a minute!!!!
LEL
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