DISQUS

Stacie · 3 years ago

This is an interesting post and one that I want to add my 2cents to. As unfair as it sounds, I don't think that a "family" should run the US. I wonder how many times Bush voted on something to please his father or to back his father. And my comments about Hillary aside, I don't want the Clintons to remain in office.

The two party games just make me groan. Dems won't vote on something if a Rep brings it up. Reps won't support a Dem. Politics aren't about the people - it's about the Dems s the Reps.

Putting the two together - As long as a "Party Here" is in the White House, nothing will get done because "Other Party Here" will not support it.

I voted for Perot a long time ago. Someone with business experience and not alot of party affilication was a breath of fresh air. Too bad he didn't have a backbone to continure.

A. J. · 3 years ago

I've been thinking more of what you said about America being at a "crossroads" and I think that could apply here...Or perhaps it's more of a transformation period. I believe the Bush presidency is unique, I think we'll be better off in the long run because we've seen the disatrous effects of his policies.

I agree with you about the two-party system, but I disagree about Clinton being "run out of office" - he only left with one of the highest approval ratings for an outgoing President in history.

A McCain/Bush ticket is VERY scary. McCain is freaking me out more every day. Jon Stewart was great when he asked McCain if he was going to "crazy base world"...and McCain responded with, "I'm afraid so". But what makes McCain popular is his maverick appeal. If he starts shifting his views to please conservative primary voters (as he has been recently) he could lose that appeal very quickly.

Vinnie Garcia · 3 years ago

I don't want Jeb to be the next president. Or Hillary. Or Ted Kennedy. Ideology aside, dynasties aren't very good for progress in this country.

Cole · 1 year ago

Much of what you stated is fact that can "not" be dismissed. Unfortunately people are eager to become puppets and be mis-lead by our politicians. As you stated or alluded too politicians are in it to stay in power which is a shame.

"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters. — Daniel Webster"

The Republicans, after the civil war, pushed for the former slaves to have a right to vote. This would just about guarantee Republicans would stay in power. Today, Democrats are using the same tactic by pushing for the illegal alien amnesty bill and to create a pathway for illegal aliens to become citizens so they too would be able to vote. This would guarantee a voting block that could be in the future a excess of 20 percent of the electorate insuring a democrat party majority for centuries to come.

The public doesn't see this and are easily re-directed to humanity issues, families be broken up, etc. The reality is that the public can not or chooses not, to think independent of the politicians. They swallow everything. Most politicians have a underlying motive for there actions. There is no political benefits for doing what is in the public's best interest or the nations best interest for that matter. Helping special interests, corporate or otherwise, insures political power and obscene amounts of money flowing into the two parties campaign coffers.

Will this ever change, I have no idea. If history repeats itself, and the foundation in which we became a nation should rejuvenate the masses, I would say change is in the future. It may not be what the public nor politicians expect though.

"We must realize that today's Establishment is the new George III. Whether it will continue to adhere to his tactics, we do not know. If it does, the redress, honored in tradition, is also revolution.— Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas"