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Quote by: bishop as a whole, the two parties in power definitely don't deserve to be in power.. as a whole, i have little confidence that third parties can do much better - the only plus imo is that they're not part of the establishment... there are good individuals though and some of them are currently in office as members of the two main parties.. i'm not exactly one to get hung up on a politician labelling himself/herself as a republican or democrat (or anything else)... if the ideas are good, and the individual has a solid, consistent record, then that's a good person to support. |
You know, I would take that position as well, and have in the past, but time, and time again they prove that there is peer pressure in Washington, and if you wear their label, you need to part of the team. I donnot believe we have time to make this mistake, or learn this lesson again. We need to be smarter that that.
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Quote by: bishop personally, i think that feingold is (and has been) by far one of the best democrats out there.. he's definitely been working hard on issues that the majority of the country supports, and he does have backbone and commands respect.. when we go demonizing the two parties, always remember that not all of them deserve to be demonized... some of them are really out there to serve the public rather than themselves. |
I can appreciate the sentiment, and half agree with this point. Mckiney, Paul, Conyers, and a few others seem to be some real stand up people, but I don't see them defending that constitution with thier careers, or their lives. Personally, I expect a little more from somebody sworn to protect our only defense against this type of tyranny.