I don't know why I'm posting in this thread.
Two things:
A viable third party will never rise until some sort of meaningful campaign finance reform and term limits happens. Not to mention the fact that there is no such thing as unbiased news media any longer...at least not anything your average American knows about and is exposed to.
Libertarians will never win on a national level until they organize into a true party. Seems things were moving in this direction until a few years ago.
Since neither of these things is likely, what we have now and should expect to be the norm is more and more politicians attaining office and showing how little class they actually have, along with the fact that their allegiance to the voters who put them there being a tenuous motivation at best.
When Presidents are apparently unable do any better than lowering themselves to calling out individuals of the other party by name and allowing same from their own press secretary then why do we expect such great things from these elected dolts?
If you can't depend on the POTUS to act like a mature adult with some hint of professional decorum then there's not much hope in things getting better.
This was an opportunity that an organized Libertarian party could have taken advantage of, and possibly gotten some candidates elected. Instead they (tea partiers) allowed people like Palin to woo their hearts. It would have been much better to run the other way. God bless the poor and obviously easily led flyover folk.
In addition, my wife and I were discussing this, and it's a good thing for people to see non-establishment candidates gain some traction if for no other reason than to prove to the masses that votes do count. It's not necessary to vote for either/or. A couple of electees with extreme views won't likely do any more damage than both established parties have already done, and maybe the establishment will get their asses into gear once they see that the people, their bosses, will fire them.
Good gosh, sorry for the fucking book.
Two things:
A viable third party will never rise until some sort of meaningful campaign finance reform and term limits happens. Not to mention the fact that there is no such thing as unbiased news media any longer...at least not anything your average American knows about and is exposed to.
Libertarians will never win on a national level until they organize into a true party. Seems things were moving in this direction until a few years ago.
Since neither of these things is likely, what we have now and should expect to be the norm is more and more politicians attaining office and showing how little class they actually have, along with the fact that their allegiance to the voters who put them there being a tenuous motivation at best.
When Presidents are apparently unable do any better than lowering themselves to calling out individuals of the other party by name and allowing same from their own press secretary then why do we expect such great things from these elected dolts?
If you can't depend on the POTUS to act like a mature adult with some hint of professional decorum then there's not much hope in things getting better.
Ya' know, I'm not a tea party person, but I really hate this. It always seems like the most immature thing to say, and usually indicates that any further statements should be disregarded. I'll have to make an exception here since I agree with what you said about the tea party hijacking Libertarian ideas. Of course, the original tea party movement was, I believe, hijacked by moneyed interests with ties to the Republicans in hopes of gaining more power.
This was an opportunity that an organized Libertarian party could have taken advantage of, and possibly gotten some candidates elected. Instead they (tea partiers) allowed people like Palin to woo their hearts. It would have been much better to run the other way. God bless the poor and obviously easily led flyover folk.
In addition, my wife and I were discussing this, and it's a good thing for people to see non-establishment candidates gain some traction if for no other reason than to prove to the masses that votes do count. It's not necessary to vote for either/or. A couple of electees with extreme views won't likely do any more damage than both established parties have already done, and maybe the establishment will get their asses into gear once they see that the people, their bosses, will fire them.
Good gosh, sorry for the fucking book.
