"Limit and simplify taxes, eliminate "one size fits all" Obama healthcare, get Americans working again, balance the budget, get tort reform in the legal system, work every day to make Washing, DC inconsequential, big government, spend faster than they can print money"
Super!! Sounds like what I heard Candidate Obama say, and candidate Bush, and candidate Clinton, and candidate Bush, and candidate, etc, etc.
Fact is ... the country is run by 544 folks in Washington. 100 Senators, 435 Representatives = 535, plus 9 supreme court justices = 544; and one (1) President (who can issue executive orders and conduct foreign affairs and a few other things)which makes it 545 if you count him/her.
Tell me again where is the POWER? WHO enacts the budget?, who passes the budget? who passes the spending bills?, who passes the laws?
Rick Perry, Barack Obama, George Bush, Bill Clinton, George Bush, all seem like OK fellas to me. I mean none of them eat babies.
But let's get REAL, OK? We aren't focusing on the right stuff are we? The news media, the thought shapers, are getting our attention focused on the least important electoral office in the nation. Why? You tell me.
The Advertisement below shows up on some of my personal pages.
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I'm all for "voter suppression". We have let too many people who only feed at the public trough have the vote. No wonder we keep voting in the congress we do. Why would I vote for someone who wanted to cut my public benefits and make me prove I was needy and wanted me to go to work. To keep the public trough full, we need to give the franchise (vote) to illegal immigrants, and anyone else who breathes. And let's make sure we have plenty of absentee ballots at the prisons, too and let convicted felons vote. <----- If you didn't understand this is sarcasm then you definitely need to go back to the beginning and read ALL of my bogs.
I understand how frustrating it is to try and turn around a big ship. It takes time and uncommon amounts of effort but it can be done. There is a new notion about how to elect a president that is beginning to float around. An old high school acquaintance of mine introduced me to it.
It is americanselect.org . I don't know if it will take root and live or not but I subscribed just to be able to stay in the loop. Frankly I have serious reservations about selecting a presidential candidate like this, but have no alternative to offer at the moment.
A process like americanselect.org would definitely get my attention at the local and state level. That is where I believe the change we need has to start.
At this level I have more faith in "democracy". Here's my logic: if a local community elects some slick talking snakeoil salesman to office then they deserve him/her. They can correct their mistake and not damage the entire nation. Still, I think this americanselect idea is a very interesting one and worth a try. Let's see what kind of a candidate we come up with for November 2012.
Ok, I'm looking forward to some comments on this post. js
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