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Let start a movement to vote out all incumbents, since all they do is nothing for the people of this country.
Write a letter to the editor of your local paper about his movement to vote out all incumbents, it time for a change, so let your voice be heard send your letter and vote in 2008 against all incumbents, this will send a very clear message to the political players.
Have you ever noticed that there are elections every so often and a large number of the elected officials are replaced. Of course when this happens and you get your people in then it's not a problem but if someone else mentions it then it's a problem I see.
They don't usually all get voted out at once, Karma. A few get voted out, are replaced with new blood, and beome junior senators and congressmen, with more senior, more experienced ones leading the way. Then the juniors become seniors and lead the way for the next generation of new blood.
That's not what this post is talking about. Mr. Yet is calling for ALL INCUMBENTS (that means everyone currently in government) to be voted out of office. HUGE difference. Who would be the experienced leaders? Who would be the ones with the experience in managing the system, knowing and using the procedures, building coalitions of support for a particular idea, etc.?
It takes really big money to keep up a campaign and both the Republicans and Democrats use this to their advantage.
That is certainly true. So what is the alternative? If we can't beat them by creating a new party, I suggest that we the people take back the already existing parties from the leadership hacks who have hijacked them. And this means BOTH parties. Liberal rank-and-file should voe out any Democrats that they feel don't represent Democratic Party ideals and replace them with representatives who do represent those ideals, and conservative rank-and-file should vote out any Republicans who they feel don't represent Republican Party ideals and replace them with those who do.
Get rid of the RINOs and the DINOs, and replace them with people who really represent the views we hold dear.
Most of what happens is done the the staff, the congressman or representative office, if you ask them exactly what they are to do, they dont know, they will refere to their staff. Go to an elected offical asked them a question, they will refere to the staff for the answer.
Why do congressman and represnetative, spend million of dollars to get elected?
Answer: By just serving two terms in office they are guarantee a retire penison plan. Very short term of employment for this so called benefit at the taxpayers expense.
edward kennedy
arlen spector
any other suggestions?
Grace and Peace
Richard Lugar
John Murtha
John Edwards
John Kerry
Richard Durbin
Harry Reid
Chuck Schumer
John McCain
Diane Feinstein
Barbara Boxer
Joe Biden
Olympia Snowe
Carl Levin
Chuck Hagel
Lindsey Graham
Orrin Hatch
Pat Leahy
Robert Byrd (he's been in the Senate since 1959, for G-d's sake)
Jay Rockefeller
Thad Chochrane
Most of what happens is done the the staff, the congressman or representative office, if you ask them exactly what they are to do, they dont know, they will refere to their staff. Go to an elected offical asked them a question, they will refere to the staff for the answer.
But if the incumbent is voted out of office, his staff is out as well. The result is the same. Your response is a disagreement with no difference.
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Why do congressman and represnetative, spend million of dollars to get elected?
Answer: By just serving two terms in office they are guarantee a retire penison plan. Very short term of employment for this so called benefit at the taxpayers expense.
That's part of the reason, certainly. They spend that kind of money because it's not their money, its the money of their donors and the tax payers (if they are receiving matching funds from the government).
They spend that kind of money because with a win comes power and political influence.
They spend that kind of money because after they retire or are voted out of office, they can make millions selling books nobody reads, making speeches nobody listens to, and lobbying for causes nobody agrees with.
They spend that kind of money because they are mostly ego-driven narcicists with inferiority complexes... and I speak as a fellow member of that club. Takes one to know one, I guess.
And I'm sure that there are plenty more reasons where those came from.
the corporate machine would quickly fill the vacuum with more people willing to listen to their cash.
the real issue is apathy of the people. writing a letter is a nice start, even if its mostly a token gesture. and even if we were to clean out the rag tags, the problem is our attention span. we demand little. we get what we put into it.
we have to manage our politicians like my three year old. you dont tell my son to pick up his toys, go potty, eat his lunch, work on three coloring pages, and then leave the house. you have to work him. manage him. remind him of his duties. we elect officials, tell them to play nicely in the sandbox and then walk away.
theres no pressure except the next election, the party line, or the corporate dollars... and occasionally kissing the public arse for photo ops.
so the issue is how do you get someone to be connected to whats happening? know what bills are up for vote this month? know your representatives attendance? who their biggest cash contributers are when running? its just a muddled up mess. and it requires us to be discliplined, mentally vested in the process on a continual basis. and many of us have a hard enough time remembering trash day.
that, of course, doesnt mean its a waste of time to put pressure on, whether its a letter or a call or a vote of no confidence.
but political apathy is the disease here. we can blame career politicians, human greed, corporate dollars... all reasonable targets... but the public is just as much to blame. until we see our political responsibility extending beyond the occasional election, we are just going to be another "bad parent" who abandons their "children" to whatever and whomever comes along.
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