Comments | lordandrei: I suppose I support 'that one'

lordandrei

I suppose I support 'that one'

Oct 08, 2008 09:16

Believe it or not, I'm really not for a bipartisan system. Everytime I hear the phrase, "I reach across the aisle" it really makes me sick. The truth is, the reasons behind saying the system is broken aren't the real reasons ( Read more... )

obama, politics, money, fundraising

Comments 7

cahwyguy October 8 2008, 16:33:13 UTC

Wouldn't you love to see who specifically tacked on the amendment to the bailout bill that said, "And by the way; all the taxes we used to collect from Puerto Rico for importing rum; lets give it back to their government for the next 2 years." [...] Will Barack Obama help fix these things? Probably not.

Actually, if you read Obama's position, he wants to put all earmarks in an online database so they can be easily searched and see the light of day, including who was responsible for adding the earmark.

fraterseraphino October 8 2008, 18:47:01 UTC

And it's also McCain's position to provide for more governmental transparency by putting earmarks in a searchable database. He made this point during the Republican Convention, and Palin has made governmental transparency using technology a core platform element ( ... )

So, what would you want? fraterseraphino October 8 2008, 18:49:03 UTC

If you are not for a bipartisan system, what would you replace it with if you were king for a day?

Re: So, what would you want? lordandrei October 8 2008, 18:59:04 UTC

3 party system and Hare-Clark voting for starters.

3 partys to mirror the original idea of a 3 ring circus...err system for checks and balances

Re: So, what would you want? fraterseraphino October 8 2008, 22:02:50 UTC

Why 3? Wny not 'N', where 'N' is relatively unbounded, like the parliamentary systems used by Great Britain or Israel?

I mean, with 3 you almost guarantee that a coalition government will need to be formed for a majority government to take power in Congress. (Most congressional party heads, and in a parliamentary government, the selection of the Prime Minister, is done by majority party control.)

Re: So, what would you want? lordandrei October 9 2008, 00:13:39 UTC

In general I dislike the pluralism that our gov't is based almost entirely on. The partisan system seems to have locked legislation into our side vs. your side. The entire election process is transformed into root for the good guys and despise the bad guys.

At least in a plus 2 system there is the chance that one group may side with different groups on issues. I'm fine with N. Unfortunately, I don't know if there is any way to dig our system out of where it is now.

Thread 5