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I'm currently working on running for congress in my district (but not for another 4 years). If you live in Los Angeles, let me know.
I'm not going to really attack any of the issues I described earlier as topical. I was referencing a Nabokov sentiment in relation to the art of the novel. Its not the president's job, and its used too often as a strategic element to maintain the two party system. Democrats and Republicans exploit topical issues relentlessly and often don't legislate or act on their ideals. If you say you're for one topical issue or against another you could seriously injure your chances of winning an election, or worse: get pegged as a conservative or liberal. Suddenly important issues are lost and Americans lose faith in the candidate.
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Rortykiller
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:35 am Post subject: Re: The two party system |
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| gnosis wrote: | | Rortykiller wrote: |
I'm not fond of a lot of the responses. The president of America's dreams is a populist. He will be anti-tax, a nationalist who prevents our country from importing goods too cheaply and keeps our borders fully secure. He will be interested in congressional reform, preventing lobbyists from controlling congress. In addition, he'll eliminate the mass amount of redundancies and expenses in our governments, starting with removing homeland security, the DEA, and other unnecessary organizations and absorbing them into the FBI and CIA. The president will increase our economy by investing in peace missions instead of missions of war. And lastly, he'll ignore all topical tripe, from abortion to homosexuality, leaving it up to states. |
I absolutely agree with everything you said except the "topical tripe" part, which is a human rights issue in my opinion. State power or no, the religious right shouldn't be able to infringe on the rights of any individual. |
Specifically, if you're referring to homosexual marriage, I'd like to say that I'm a huge supporter of our constitution, which requires a separation of church and state. The United States government has no legal authority to authorize marriages, nor should people receive any tax increase or penalty for who they chose to live with. That way, no one inherits each other's bad credit, people of all faiths and ideas can perform a ceremony to their liking, and Christians can continue to prevent homosexual marriages where and when they wish to in accordance with their faith. I mean, I'm an atheist. I hear people say marriage is sacred, and I feel like nothing the government is involved in can be considered sacred except the constitution. |
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Rortykiller
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:52 am Post subject: Re: The two party system |
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| redraiderdude187 wrote: | | Rortykiller wrote: | | I'm not fond of a lot of the responses. The president of America's dreams is a populist. He will be anti-tax, a nationalist who prevents our country from importing goods too cheaply and keeps our borders fully secure. He will be interested in congressional reform, preventing lobbyists from controlling congress. In addition, he'll eliminate the mass amount of redundancies and expenses in our governments, starting with removing homeland security, the DEA, and other unnecessary organizations and absorbing them into the FBI and CIA. The president will increase our economy by investing in peace missions instead of missions of war. And lastly, he'll ignore all topical tripe, from abortion to homosexuality, leaving it up to states. |
QFT. Does anyone know of a politician similar to this? I sure don't. |
I like Jesse Venture, Ron Paul, and most actively right now Montana Gov Brian Schweitzer seems great. Most politicians I find myself picking peaces I like, but see the whole as lacking. |
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