I just voted in NYC

[red321]

People should simply be able to vote for who they want for president, regardless of what party they belong to. Anything else plainly suppresses voting.

 

Some guy named George Washington warned against political parties too you know.

 

And they get to...first Tuesday in November every 4 years.

 

Having people register to vote in a political party primary is not suppressing the vote. If you can't understand the difference between Jim Crow Laws, Poll Taxes, Voter Roll Purging, Voter ID Laws, Reducing poll hours, etc. etc. and allowing parties to identify how their nominee is selected...it might not be a bad thing you couldn't figure out how to vote for your preferred candidate in a primary.

 

 

In 200+ years the country has primarily had two parties...it's not going to change regardless of what George Washington said.

[arch stanton]

People should simply be able to vote for who they want for president, regardless of what party they belong to. Anything else plainly suppresses voting.

 

Some guy named George Washington warned against political parties too you know.

The United States Electoral College is the institution that elects the President and Vice President of the United States every four years. Citizens of the United States do not directly elect the president or the vice president; instead, these voters directly elect designated intermediaries called "electors," who almost always have pledged to vote for particular presidential and vice presidential candidates (though unpledged electors are possible) and who are themselves selected according to the particular laws of each state.

[Blarg]

People should simply be able to vote for who they want for president, regardless of what party they belong to. Anything else plainly suppresses voting.

Some guy named George Washington warned against political parties too you know.

That causes more corruption in primaries than anything. Imagine your boy Bernie losing to Vermin Supreme because the Republicans decided to create a voting block to block your candidate.

Your solution is more corruption, the Chaos party platform.

[Blarg]

I guess AFL has never voted in the national election, it is open voting for any candidate regardless of your party affiliation.

[Make Angels Great Again]

So what causes the Republican and Democratic nominees to steal all the spotlight then leading up to the general?

 

The media? The status quo?

[Spirit]

How's that workin out for you libs?

 

 

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[Make Angels Great Again]

You said join a "club" or start a new one to make change.

 

What real meaningful change have libertarians made in the election? The "best" third option besides reps and dems. You guys are mostly libertarians here, right?

[nate]

So what causes the Republican and Democratic nominees to steal all the spotlight then leading up to the general?

 

The media? The status quo?

 

Surely if you look hard enough you can figure it out

[Spirit]

You said join a "club" or start a new one to make change.

 

What real meaningful change have libertarians made in the election? The "best" third option besides reps and dems. You guys are mostly libertarians here, right?

 

 

I guess the most meaningful thing we've done is not complaining about the way other clubs run their initiation processes.  If I was concerned about that, I'd join their club and try to change things.  But I have no interest in being an R or D.

[Make Angels Great Again]

So nothing then.

[Make Angels Great Again]

Is there a word for political monopoly? That's what Dems and Reps have.

[ABC]

duopoly

[Blarg]

So what causes the Republican and Democratic nominees to steal all the spotlight then leading up to the general?

The media? The status quo?

The others are fringe whack jobs.

That includes Gary Johnson.

[HaloMagic]

Surely if you look hard enough you can figure it out

70% of your posts don't provide any real info anymore. They used to. Now you're just angry.

[nate]

I figured it was obvious.

 

R and D dominate the elections because they have all the money.  It is really simple.  An independent doesn't have their advantage of political allies and fundraising.

[Spirit]

So nothing then.

 

We don't vote R or D.  Can't get much more meaningful than that.

[Spirit]

The others are fringe whack jobs.

That includes Gary Johnson.

 

 

You shut your filthy mouth! 

[Tank]

People should simply be able to vote for who they want for president, regardless of what party they belong to. Anything else plainly suppresses voting.

 

Some guy named George Washington warned against political parties too you know.

Let's cover this again, grasshopper. The primary system exists to reduce the number of candidates in the field prior to the party conventions and the general election. You can't make it wide open at this time because of how the system is set up. You'd need a major overhaul of the entire system.

And it was John Adams who strongly advised against having political parties.

[nate]

Let's cover this again, grasshopper. The primary system exists to reduce the number of candidates in the field prior to the party conventions and the general election. You can't make it wide open at this time because of how the system is set up. You'd need a major overhaul of the entire system.

And it was John Adams who strongly advised against having political parties.

 

Yeah but what do you really know about this?

[Make Angels Great Again]

Let's cover this again, grasshopper. The primary system exists to reduce the number of candidates in the field prior to the party conventions and the general election. You can't make it wide open at this time because of how the system is set up. You'd need a major overhaul of the entire system.

And it was John Adams who strongly advised against having political parties.

 

A major overhaul is pretty much what's needed, absolutely.

 

George Washington warned against them in his farewell address.

 

The first President of the United States got it right. In his farewell address, George Washington warned of the "continual mischiefs of the spirit of party" making it the "interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it." In other words, he cautioned against the dangers of political parties.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/16/opinion/alexander-washington-george/

[HaloMagic]

And it was John Adams who strongly advised against having political parties.

More than Washington? That doesn't sound right.

[Make Angels Great Again]

Yeah, I'm having trouble understanding all the logical fallacies of you humans.

[Make Angels Great Again]

More than Washington? That doesn't sound right.

 

Even if he was more against them, it doesn't mean George wasn't.

[HaloMagic]

Even if he was more against them, it doesn't mean George wasn't.

I mean, he was in one. The only reason he could have been more against them is because his own hated him.

[HaloMagic]

I hate when people don't put the blame in the right place. That's what minority women on college campuses and skinny dudes with beards do.

You forgot lawyers.