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I could see myself supporting Perry ,worts and all . I'd have to school him on the "rights" of states as opposed to the "powers" of the people ;and how foolish he sounded about secession .
But...

Very interesting . That was considered the ideal in our parent's generation . One established phone company ;3 established airlines;a handful of defense contractors ;3 major auto makers ,3 major news...

I on the other hand encourage term limits . One of the biggest scourges of our system is the professional political class.

OK then... jackass votes then . The Dems defame donkeys.

I was just being polite. Anyway free is not the operative word... liberty would be a better word.
But if you think donkey voting is an expression of the public will then knock yourselves out....

The Aussies get fined if they don't vote . So there are consequences.

You just can't distinguish between a civic duty and a civil right. Civil rights, like having the franchise ,is for the individual to chose to exercise .
Civic duties like jury duty or paying taxes...

Why bring up Newt ? He's so 20th century irrelevant. He made a global warming add with Pelosi calling it 'settled science. He is in favor of Obamacare mandates . He attacked the Ryan budget proposal....

Clete calls it lazy not to vote, as your system makes fraud easier by allowing mail in balloting. If you are going to make voting mandatory why not just do it on a single day with everyone parading...

Clete ;I'll call you one hanging chad and raise you charges of 'branch-stacking' .
Keep up your illusions... your system is as pure as the wind driven slush .

Maybe it's just me. I see a disconnect between the words "free " and "compulsary"..

Forcing people to vote makes a responsible citizenry ? Lol Dictatorships get huge turnouts too.

The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.
Thomas...

yeah we need a strong central government .....after all ,when Mussolini was in control the trains ran on time .

Now that makes sense . So a duly elected legislature that rubber stamps executive decisions can still claim checks and balances . Certainly the US Congress in the 1930s thought they were doing due...

I agree of course... however ,you being a proponent of a large centralized government ,I don't see how you can object to a system where the administrator has the most power .

Dictator ? Lol ,even Obama's greatest legislative success was done with little participation from the White House. Properly named it would be called Pelosi-Care .

You didn't mind it so much when Republicans had a majority that wasn't fillibuster proof.

And as you know ;Senate rules are not set in the Constitution ,they are set each session . But both...

Every State has proportional representation in the House of Reperesentatives . The Senate is different . Every State has 2 Senators. That's the way it is and has been since the Founding . I could get...

I've always said that if you could saw off NYC and Long Island at the Hudson River and let them float away ;the whole State would benefit.