Let's see if it's possible.....

[TexanBob]

Originally Posted by mosca

just for kicks, i went to this presidentmatch.com and got some pretty strange results - kerry 59% (pretty sure i won't be voting for him), bush 49% (thinking of voting for him, but not definite), and dennis kucinich of all people 46% (no way in hell i'd vote for him, even if he was on the democratic ticket). for some reason those are the only 3 candidates listed. *shrug*

Yes, I was disappointed that Time/AOL News does not consider Nader or the other small party candidates as worthy of inclusion. That seems biased to me. If you hold Libertarian, Green Party or Constitution Party views, why should you not be told that these alternatives exist?

I think the presidential debates should also be more open. I'd like there to be a 5% rule where a candidate would have to register 5% in national polls to be included (there has to be some minimal threshhold to keep out the complete cranks) but, if they can get 5%, let them in on the debates and let their voices be heard.

Truth of the matter is that both major parties are controlled mostly by Yalies and Crimsons, Skull and Bones types, the sons of the privileged, that continue to make bad policy and write bad laws that the rest of us are forced to live by. If it were mine to do, I would put a 30-year ban on any upper administration figured who has attended or taught at Yale or Harvard so we could have a generation to purge the country from some of their screwy ideas.

If the common man ran this country instead of the elites (whether Republican or Democrat), I guarantee you it would be much different.

[Hogan11]

Originally Posted by TexanBob

Yes, I was disappointed that Time/AOL News does not consider Nader or the other small party candidates as worthy of inclusion. That seems biased to me. If you hold Libertarian, Green Party or Constitution Party views, why should you not be told that these alternatives exist?

I think the presidential debates should also be more open. I'd like there to be a 5% rule where a candidate would have to register 5% in national polls to be included (there has to be some minimal threshhold to keep out the complete cranks) but, if they can get 5%, let them in on the debates and let their voices be heard.

Truth of the matter is that both major parties are controlled mostly by Yalies and Crimsons, Skull and Bones types, the sons of the privileged, that continue to make bad policy and write bad laws that the rest of us are forced to live by. If it were mine to do, I would put a 30-year ban on any upper administration figured who has attended or taught at Yale or Harvard so we could have a generation to purge the country from some of their screwy ideas.

If the common man ran this country instead of the elites (whether Republican or Democrat), I guarantee you it would be much different.

This is probably the first post of yours that I've found myself in agreement with you on throughout the entire thing.....miracles never cease, I'm even gonna give you rep for this one...great post.

[TexanBob]

Originally Posted by Hogan11

This is probably the first post of yours that I've found myself in agreement with you on throughout the entire thing.....miracles never cease, I'm even gonna give you rep for this one...great post.

But you still read them which means I'm not totally off the deep end.

[Hogan11]

Originally Posted by TexanBob

But you still read them which means I'm not totally off the deep end.

Yeah, but outside of Robb's cut & paste sermons, I read everyones posts if the topic interests me.....besides, one can't be totally off the deep end if they're a Broncos fan...it's the one common link of about 90% of us here.

[kappys]

Originally Posted by TexanBob

Yes, I was disappointed that Time/AOL News does not consider Nader or the other small party candidates as worthy of inclusion. That seems biased to me. If you hold Libertarian, Green Party or Constitution Party views, why should you not be told that these alternatives exist?

I think the presidential debates should also be more open. I'd like there to be a 5% rule where a candidate would have to register 5% in national polls to be included (there has to be some minimal threshhold to keep out the complete cranks) but, if they can get 5%, let them in on the debates and let their voices be heard.

Truth of the matter is that both major parties are controlled mostly by Yalies and Crimsons, Skull and Bones types, the sons of the privileged, that continue to make bad policy and write bad laws that the rest of us are forced to live by. If it were mine to do, I would put a 30-year ban on any upper administration figured who has attended or taught at Yale or Harvard so we could have a generation to purge the country from some of their screwy ideas.

If the common man ran this country instead of the elites (whether Republican or Democrat), I guarantee you it would be much different.

Sometimes I wonder if a parlimentary type of government with a Prime Minister wouldn't be better. It allows for third parties to get their views out by winning seats in the legislature even if they are marginal candidates like Ralph Nader. Then again, perhaps Nader could win as a Senator or Representative in Calif. if he wanted to.

[TexanBob]

Originally Posted by kappys

Then again, perhaps Nader could win as a Senator or Representative in Calif. if he wanted to.

Some peoples' egos just don't allow themselves to work their way up the ladder. No. They have to start at the very top.