Countryhorseman said:
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Point well taken, but, look at this - not only do we have a Presidential elections coming up in 2008 - but 1/3 of the U.S. Senate seat are up for the taking and all 435 seats of the Legislature are up. So, with that in mind, take out the trash and bring in new blood across the board.
I didn't check out the website yet, but I agree it's time for a "house" cleaning! The President "may" need people who are insiders, but our "representatives" should be more of the average Joe! The only problem with getting this former trucker into power, is we might also mess up and fill all the seats in Congress with Truckers! Then, they'd NEVER agree on anything, and more of NOTHING will get done! :roll: :lol:
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An American Revolution without any blood shed!
That's gonna really disappoint of few of my favorite gun toters on this board! :wink:
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Think of this also! I get so tired and fed-up with the Democrats this, the Republicans that! What the H***, are they not Americans first and foremost. I want to know that the person representing me is and American to serve the interest of the people, not the interest of the Democratic or Republican party or the Special interest as****** that are trying to crush the trucking industry.
I'll admit to playing my part in that kind of "debate," but the reason is exactly what you are saying! When a Representative steps before a microphone, you can predict what he will say 90% of the time. It will be just MORE of the party line "water toting!" They no longer "represent" anyone but the POWER base that keeps them in office, and tells them what to think and say!
Part of the reason, I believe, that so many Americans feel "disenfranchised" is that they are not really represented at all in the states that they live in. What I mean is... a Red state will normally elect almost ALL Republican representatives and senators. the NUMBER of these representatives is apportioned based on population, but it's winner take all if there happens to be a few more voters of one party or another living there. What about all the minority party believers in that state? Don't they have similar concerns and issues?
It has become a "shell game" of inducing certain political persuasions to live in certain areas, for the purpose of "loading" the Congress in a certain manner. Why does America HAVE to be a place of "Majority Rule?"
By all accounts, there are pretty much an equal number of citizens in EACH of the two main parties. Why not apportion the number of representatives by population (for good reason,) but just say there has to be an equal number from each party... so that ALL inhabitants of a state are represented? I know... some will say: "Stalemate! Nothing would get done!" Well... not much is getting done anyway, and what is, is usually detrimental to half the population. And then the pendulum swings, and we spend years "undoing" what little got done by the last Congress! :roll:
Perhaps, faced with equal numbers of votes, our representatives would decide.... "Hey! Why don't I just vote my conscience?" Seems there would be MUCH more "reaching across the aisle!"
I for one, could stomach a vote I disliked much more easily if I thought it really WAS his position, instead of just more "party speak!"
Anyway.... just a thought. Just my opinion. And didn't I do a pretty good job of "toning down the rancor" I'm so adored for?? :lol: :lol:
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