Comments on: Quote Of The Day: What Independent Voters REALLY Want

By: rbwinn

rbwinn — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:09:14 +0000

Independent voters will become the government , just as they were when the nation began, before the Republican-Democrats took over the government in 1800. The difference between independent voters and Democrats is that independent voters were created by the writing of the Constitution, whereas, Democrats are a self-created soiciety which seeks to eliminate the participation of everyone except their party members in government.
We saw the Nazi Party do the same thing in Germany. Political parties are nothing if not predictable. As soon as independent voters gain ballot access, the Democratic Party is history.

By: lintur

lintur — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:08:19 +0000

SD,
I think these would qualify as bipartisan:
“Lugar-Obama Proliferation and Threat Reduction Initiative”;
Obama/Lugar proposal of “The American Fuels Act to Reduce U.S. Dependence on Foreign Oil” ;
the “Global Poverty Act” proposed by Hagel/Obama/Cantwell, and the
Coburn-Obama “OVERSEE Act”.

By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:39:04 +0000

StockboySF,

McCain went along with McCain-Feingold in a bipartisan fashion. Please name something Obama has done that could be considered bipartisan.

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:23:52 +0000

On the post… If Obama wins, then the Republicans will feel cheated, and vice versa. This is a highly emotional race.

Obama has been trying to reach across party lines and idealogies for years now while McCain is taking a “divide and conquer” approach.

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:21:18 +0000

SD: "To me the consequences are the U.S. will become a one party state like every state north of Virginia is today."

I'd rather live in the states north of Virginia which value diversity, than the Bible-belt states which wants to turn the US into a Christian theocracy (and I'm a Christian- I just believe in the separation of church and state as well as the divergent values each individual contributes to his/her community). What's best for me isn't best for anyone else and vice versa.

But, SD, I do understand what you're saying but I'm not ready to call teh Republican Party dead yet. If Obama wins we will have to see if the GOP is willing to rethink their party or will continue down the path they are on.

By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:47:43 +0000

It is because everyone else has been posting about what the Democrats need to do to win more elections. All the Democrats need to do is wait and it will happen no matter what. Does anyone really believe that black and Hispanic voters will leave the Democratic party if Senator Obama screws everything up?

so, to me, every post about the failures of the Republican party and conservatives in generally needs to mention what the long term consequences are.

By: pacatrue

pacatrue — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:24:41 +0000

SD, you've been posting this same comment on here for at least 2 years….

By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:59:26 +0000

As the U.S. heads to quickly becoming a one party state, independents will become as irrelevant as Repulbicans will become. As the Democratic party becomes the one relevant political party, the Democratic Primary elections will be the relevant elections and then they will be relevant once a generation when an existing Democrat office holder retires or is elected to higher office.

In 2016, the presidential election will occur in the time frame between the Iowa Caucuses and Super Tuesday. If the same candidate wins both Iowa and New Hampshire, the election could be over in a couple of weeks. It will also lead to the longest transition period in American History.