We're voting for Clones...aka....This 2 Party System is Destroying America
- Thread starter Domingo Halliburton
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Ethnic Vagina Finder
The Great Paper Chaser
Said this on the radio one day, next morning two police cars was parked in front of my mailbox. These jerks aren't gonna go down without a fight.
While I agree that our 2 party system needs to go, I think its a question of where you focus your energies.
The country has drifted right due to where each party focuses its resources. Democrats and their supporters come out in droves for presidential elections, putting all of their eggs in one basket. Republicans focus on school board, governor races, judges, sheriffs, and mid-term elections. They know that if they control the infrastructure, they control the government.
This wont change until more liberal minded people get serious about wielding power and manipulating the system as it currently exists. OWS vs the Tea Party is a perfect example of this. Occupy went the emotional route appealing to our better human natures and campaigning for ambiguous change and now the only lasting remnant of that movement is Elizabeth Warren. Meanwhile, the Tea party got their supporters elected into office during mid-term elections (while Dems and young voters were at home playing video games) and shifted the balance of power in the House for the next 10 years (more if you consider how difficult it is to knock off an incumbent).
We have a system in place that works, we're too inept at working it and the people who have been consistently taking advantage of this are counting on it. And yeah Democrats are complicit in this as well. Obama knew he was offering more than he could deliver. Assuming Hillary is our next president, our last 3 Democratic admins will have been made up of moderate Reagan worshiping conservatives in Democratic Party clothing.
We dont have to destroy to build. We need to make better choices and be more active.
The country has drifted right due to where each party focuses its resources. Democrats and their supporters come out in droves for presidential elections, putting all of their eggs in one basket. Republicans focus on school board, governor races, judges, sheriffs, and mid-term elections. They know that if they control the infrastructure, they control the government.
This wont change until more liberal minded people get serious about wielding power and manipulating the system as it currently exists. OWS vs the Tea Party is a perfect example of this. Occupy went the emotional route appealing to our better human natures and campaigning for ambiguous change and now the only lasting remnant of that movement is Elizabeth Warren. Meanwhile, the Tea party got their supporters elected into office during mid-term elections (while Dems and young voters were at home playing video games) and shifted the balance of power in the House for the next 10 years (more if you consider how difficult it is to knock off an incumbent).
We have a system in place that works, we're too inept at working it and the people who have been consistently taking advantage of this are counting on it. And yeah Democrats are complicit in this as well. Obama knew he was offering more than he could deliver. Assuming Hillary is our next president, our last 3 Democratic admins will have been made up of moderate Reagan worshiping conservatives in Democratic Party clothing.
We dont have to destroy to build. We need to make better choices and be more active.