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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 09:40 PM Original message |
Third party dilemma - What to do when the "system" no longer works |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Con: Diebold ... I think we'll have to fix the system from the bottom |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 09:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Ideally yes, you are correct |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 09:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. There's plenty of disgust to go around but I don't see beating them at |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 09:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. No of course not. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. lots of us have already voted with our feet-- now we just need a leader... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 11:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. I'm against a separate party, but what if we got |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-15-06 12:18 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. sounds good to me.... |
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Untermonkey (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-15-06 01:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. "we need a committed liberal opposition party" |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. Con: It's Not the Right Time |
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SongOfTheRayne (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. maybe the fate of america lies in the hands of non-politicians. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 11:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. I totally agree with you and there is a precedent in the fifties |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. Get rid of the machines and join PDA |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. Con: You're ignoring history. |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 10:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Ignoring only part of history. You also ignore history. Exhibit A1... |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-15-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. One third-party candidate in over 200 years... |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. Biggest Con: All Republicans All the Time |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 10:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
13. I faced this dilemma 5 years ago |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 10:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Did you ever dream that the party would descend to |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 10:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. You mean when they don't have the spine to stand up against illegal |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. Baseball bats for democracy |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Batter Up: Million Batter March |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-15-06 12:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. That's pretty much my idea. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-15-06 01:13 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. That would be a good activity at the end of the march. |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-15-06 01:16 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I like it. I like it a LOT. Maybe we should start a separate thread... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-15-06 01:24 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Let's have a separate thread in GD, then the activist HQ |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-15-06 01:26 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Sounds good... I just started working on my journal as well. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-15-06 01:48 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. it's up Steve. /nt |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-15-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. I've always been a great contact hitter |
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SongOfTheRayne (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-15-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. niiiiiiiiiiiiice...... |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-16-06 12:32 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. At some point, there has to be some kind of "enough is enough!" n/t |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. I think runoff voting would help solve a lot of the problems. |
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mtice (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-14-06 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
20. The problem is... |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-15-06 01:04 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Yes, it was never supposed to be this way |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-15-06 01:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Maybe not |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-15-06 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
30. Start a new system |
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harpo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-15-06 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
33. get busy...it all starts at the local/precinct levels |
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