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RE: Vote.
By Motoman on 6/17/2011 1:53:22 PM , Rating: 1
Right. Which reminds me...we need to outlaw political parties too.

"What?! Then we'd actually have to try to elect people based on their own virtues as individual people!"


RE: Vote.
By Reclaimer77 on 6/17/2011 4:10:45 PM , Rating: 2
Outlaw parties? What? Then everyone would just say what the people wanted to hear just to get elected. At least now, with parties, you have some idea of what the person stands for. If for nothing else than the fact that they'll be pressured by their own party to tow the "party line" when it comes time to vote on something.

Without parties we would have to toss out, or rewrite, half the Constitution. How would the built in "checks and balances" to try and balance political power and keep the President and Congress in check work without parties? Hell for that matter, how would the House and Senate even work?

Moto I like you, you have a good head on your shoulders, but just outlawing everything we don't like or think might be a problem seems kind of draconian to me.

