I rather have a fourth Clinton admin then one year of a Bush administration. It that had happened the constitution would still be intact
ravenadal wrote: > It is noteworthy that when Japan lost World War 2 and basically had > democracy forced upon them, they studied the various forms of world > democracy and decided to go with the parlimentary system. I have long > been in favor of the parlimentary system. If we had the parlimentary > system Bush would have been voted down in a vote of no confidence a > long time ago. On the other hand, we might be in our third or fourth > Clinton adminstration by now. > > ~rave! > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hillary wins, Obama second, Edwards a solid (and sadly, consistent) >> > third. McCain wins, flip-flop Romney second, Huckabee, Guliani, Ron > Paul small but significant percentages. What will happen? Down the > line Hillary and Obama will have to court Edwards, same for the > Republicans (can't say who must court whom there, 'cause not sure > who'll be stuck in third and fourth on that side). Heck, it might be > possible that we actually go all the win to the conventions before a > clear winner is chosen! Backroom deals, party favors traded--what a trip! > >> The thing that saddens me is that despite all of the above, America >> > has become a two-party system. True independents, populist movements, > little known but important issues--all get ignored in the wake of the > two behemoths that crush or absorb the smaller town criers. The voices > of the Kucinich's, Edwards and even fringe guys like Paul get > silenced, or at best, made promises of inclusion, then get used, > absorbed and forgotten. Or, perhaps they get a seat at the table by > selling their souls. > >> True change doesn't come often when you force all issues into two >> > badly fitting paths of Democrats and Republicans, whose labels are > inconsistent and inaccurate. The two-party system allows the status > quo to continue. But if we Americans could force a multi-party system, > if we could craft a country where party was less important than > principle, where true coalitions could be built, maybe things would be > different? How cool would it be if Congress had 17% people from the > Progressive party of John Edwards, 10% from the Take Back America > party of Ron Paul, 11% from the Real Patriot party of Kucinich? What > if an independent or third party candidate could actually win without > having to declare for the Elephants or the Donkeys? What if here in > Georgia and other states, we didn't get forced to declare for only one > party in the primaries? It seems to me that this two-party system, > this lack of coalition building, is hurting us. The process is > strange, skewed, inaccurate and broken. > >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
