tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075324469668918466.post8755053138056891948..comments2023-12-06T02:22:41.121-06:00Comments on The Hamburg Post: Staff quits after Congressman switches partytthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09917268285666551114noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075324469668918466.post-41266215735590334102010-01-06T09:24:46.568-06:002010-01-06T09:24:46.568-06:00I agree that abolishing parties would not remove t...I agree that abolishing parties would not remove the ability of like-minded people to get together to form a partnership. <br /><br />What I'd like to see is the elimination of current fundraising scam and replace it with a shorter, publically financed race. I did detail this in a previous blog entry. The long and short would be to limit the election cycle to four months. All candidates would be given public money and could only use public funds. Plus there would be series of debates to allow all candidates the opportunity to state their point.<br /><br />By going to a shorter election cycle and eliminating fundraising, it may just help stem the tide of special interest influence; maybe.tthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09917268285666551114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075324469668918466.post-58738436846369842802010-01-06T09:15:51.011-06:002010-01-06T09:15:51.011-06:00You can't abolish them forever. Parties will ...You can't abolish them forever. Parties will always exist in some form. People will always create partnerships and those who are like minded will associate together. What's more realistic, to me, is fractioning the existing parties into smaller groups that are more alike ideologically.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075324469668918466.post-74203348725203201842010-01-06T08:14:30.718-06:002010-01-06T08:14:30.718-06:00Anon..I agree that we have well defined party affi...Anon..I agree that we have well defined party affiliation ideologies, yet there are still some, i.e. Blue Dog Democrats, that have conservative ideals or Republicans like Olympia Snowe that harbor progressive ideals. <br /><br />This is just one reason why we need to abolish political parties.tthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09917268285666551114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075324469668918466.post-87657378742594058372010-01-05T18:54:53.998-06:002010-01-05T18:54:53.998-06:00However, party affiliation is a strong indicator h...However, party affiliation is a strong indicator how someone will vote in the future. Especially on that are key to the parties platform.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075324469668918466.post-22018460320214967082010-01-05T16:59:30.346-06:002010-01-05T16:59:30.346-06:00Yes, I am completely okay with any Senator or Repr...Yes, I am completely okay with any Senator or Representative that decides to “switch” political parties while not changing their core beliefs. As Kelley points out, and our Founding Fathers lamented over, the political party machine is making us all divisive while masking the true nature of our elected officials. <br /><br />The judge of a nominated official ought to be their past voting record, if one exists, and their current stance on the issues at hand. Not their party affiliation. Voting because someone is a certain party affiliation, creed, religious denomination, sex, or color is following blind ideologies or perceptions of that person – in essence profiling – which is why an informed voter ought to cast their vote based upon the candidate’s core beliefs on the issues of the day.tthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09917268285666551114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075324469668918466.post-64696243160001318772010-01-05T08:56:47.642-06:002010-01-05T08:56:47.642-06:00You're correct that if a politician has core v...You're correct that if a politician has core values, that should make up who he is and his platform. Not the words "republican" or "democrat". <br /><br />Sadly, we are a nation that's tied to those two words--republican & democrat. I would have hoped that they would have stayed to support HIM not the party. But people just can't see past that.Kelley with Amy's Angelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11815426069055211963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075324469668918466.post-83649586655592907242010-01-05T08:45:20.225-06:002010-01-05T08:45:20.225-06:00So...your in agreement then about what happened in...So...your in agreement then about what happened in that congressional district in New York as well, right? The situation where a moderate republican dropped out because she couldn't win any conservative support. They backed an individual who was more interested in slinging mud against the Obama administration then working in Congress.<br /><br />I agree with you, unfortunately however I like to point a finger at the cable media more than I like to at the politician themselves. We are now told what to believe, defined by our beliefs, and marginalized.<br /><br />If you are a liberal, you are unamerican.<br />If you are a conservative, you think all poor people are lazy.<br /><br />The problem with society today is that the issues that we care about become issues that wedge us apart. We are now defined by our conflicts than when we come together to solve our problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com