Seeitsaveit13 wrote:
But enough votes for him may finally shake the belief that it has to be one or the other, leading to more productive results from future elections. At least, that's the hope.
you're either very young or haven't studied much history.
I realize the perception.
I realize the history. I'm assuming you mean "look at history, there's always been 2 parties etc" when you're suggesting I don't know history.
Doesn't mean it HAS to be that way.
My only argument that the "it's always gonna be like this" and the "it won't matter" statements are completely true... with that attitude. If people believe that way, then they're right. If that attitude goes away, you actually get a chance.
my point was simply people have been saying what you're saying for about 100 years. as we get older we see issues and believe we are confronted with something different, but the republican/democrat thing and the hopeful 3rd party has been going on for a long time.
shel's point about technology changing things is about the only hopeful thing i can think of. information is power and it can certainly change everything.
Agree with shels point. Next to no one would have heard about Johnson if not for some of his videos on facebook etc. That's a start
Usually around 9 or 10 the last couple of nights when i'm not really watching much TV, I just have the RNC on in the background, and it's truly the most boring thing ever...but that took things up a few notches, to say the least.
I think Ted Cruz put himself on an island even further away from any help with that speech last night and his press conference this morning. He already wasn't a well liked guy in the Senate and I think he might have hurt himself for any further place in office. A lot of people believe Integrity is a value that shouldn't be stomped on and he did a Texas 2 step on it last night and today.
I'm not naive enough to think that a lot of the same kind of shit isn't happening in with the RNC, but wow... some of this stuff that Wikileaks dropped from the DNC is brutal.
