In 2008 we all fell for the con job of change and hope…..we have had neither in almost 3 years and now we are about to enter into the 2012 primary season…..and once again I hear the word change being thrown around but this time it is from the Right.
I have written a couple of post on a way to achieve REAL change not the veiled promises of bought and paid for politicians…….You Want Change? Then read these posts first…..http://t.co/18gNDYo
That one post has other post referenced…please read them…they will help explain where I am coming from….
There are others who feel as I do….that this system of picking our leaders is useless and antiquated…….
The following criteria are listed in [an] LWV study:
- Ensure majority rule. Most major political races currently can be won with only a plurality.
- Encourage minority representation, where minority is defined by either party or cultural
- affiliation.
- Encourage fair gender representation.
- Produce fair and accurate representation of diverse political views in legislatures.
- Increase voter participation.
- Encourage geographical representation.
- Encourage “sincere” voting, as opposed to “strategic” voting.
- Maximize effective votes/minimize “wasted” votes.
- Provide a reasonable range of voter choice.
- Prevent fraud and political manipulation.
- Encourage competitive elections
–League of Women Voters in Oregon, Criteria for Evaluating Election Systems, Election Methods: Review of Alternatives and Oregon, Proposals, Executive Summary
All these are reasonable and logical and rational changes that could go a long way to changing the way that we are governed….the system we have now is NOT doing the people of the US any good….it only perpetuates the exploitation of the voter……
Like I have said…there are several others that have valid ideas for giving the people the final voice in the governing of the country…..try this one on……http://t.co/7U8uCSZ ……..A group named “Get Out Of Our House (GOOOH)”…..personally I think that they are on to something here….
Anything has GOT to be better than the joke, the circus that we have now!
Thoughts?
I want to see two improvements immediately: runoff elections for the top two vote getters, and the inclusion of “None of the Above” on all ballots.
Morning Jolly…..I like the none of the above portion….I am not so sure that we would get abetter politician with the run off thing. I just want to see all the cash taken out of the process.
I’m inclinded to grant Obama a bit more slack. The Republicans never made it easy for him. And the economy left by Bush was so fucked up, only Jesus of Nazareth could have fixed it in the amount of time Obama had.
I will admit that he (Obama) has had his hands full and even Blue Dog Dems were making his life miserable….but he seems to have abandoned the principles that got him elected….he needs to come back or face a real problem next November.
Absolutely. If he’d stuck to his 2008 campaign rhetoric, he’d have had us out in the streets, yelling. He didn’t do that. He did quite the opposite, beginning with his capitulation to private health insurers. And it’s been downhill from there.
He had better re-connect or he may be shit out of luck…..