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Re: Primaries? Or primary school?

jacrlsn — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:53:44 -0000

The irony of it is that two organizations who our forebears and Constitution did not and do not contemplate are going to give us the choice of who to vote for. The primaries give us some say, but if there is someone out there who wants to run for public office, and does not belong to either party, we will not get a chance to vote for him or her. MR. Delaney is right, there is not much difference between the parties. Mr Amerding is right all they are doing is sucking up to us. What to do? I say a place to start is the incumbents. Vote all of the buggers out. Good or bad, national, state or local.
Let's face it, a whole slate of novices couldn't do any worse than what's being done. Are we depriving someone of the right to run for office? No, they're doing that to themselves

Re: Primaries? Or primary school?

Bill Brenner — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:11:11 -0000

Let's bring back the days when the nominees were selected in smoke-filled rooms during deadlocked conventions. Sure, the people had less say in who got nominated and everything was controlled by the old political bosses, but I'll bet it was a lot more interesting and fun for reporters to cover than the system we have now. Warren G. Harding was chosen in the smoke-filled room, and from what I can tell, the candidates on both sides today don't seem much better than he was.

Re: Primaries? Or primary school?

Tom Delaney — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:00:24 -0000

What difference does it make? There isn't anybody on either side of the aisle that's worth anything. They are all "Republicrats."

Re: Primaries? Or primary school?

warren kelley — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:07:51 -0000

Taylor,

I love being pissed off by you...You're a stimulating writer. Keep it up.

Warren