Posted on 09/03/2004 9:24:59 PM PDT by IndieKid
Alaska has several parties and an Independent Party. Most of the candidates choose one of the majors to run with, but sometimes a candidate will have enough of a name on his own to run and win outside the major parties. We tend to vote for the candidate himself rather than voting the party line.
Just one. Look at Europe.
There should also be a none-of-above choice on every ballot and if that choice ever wins, the other candidates should be barred for life from running for any public office and the parties which sponsored them should be barred from running candidates for that particular office for 20 years. There should be a ferocious penalty for running dead-wood for public offices.
I think it's the only answer.
Excelllent,accurate comments,mirrors my thought very precisely. Thanks.
There have been several useful posts.
You don't seem to be listening, or are not truly sincere in your search for information or advice.
Agreed and noted... Welcome to FR. You stumbled into a nest of republibots unfortunately.
Advice: Vote for Bush. There is NO other choice. Our survival as a nation depends on it. The immediate survival of my children depends on it. He is a good man, and one of history's great leaders.
THEN after Bush slaughters that commie POS...work your rear off for the candidates/parties you like. In the end, the Rep party will only be strengthened when it begins to see the conservatives in it's midst begin to fall away for 2006 and 2008. Eventually, someone who isn't an automatron will see the light and the party will abandon its misguided attempts to be CINO and PC in order to win votes.
In short...AFTER this election..place the convictions of your heart and, for our country, above that of party. That will PO a lot of Republicans but tough crap. Work to either CHANGE the Republican Party if you feel that is necessary, or work to support the party/candidate of your convictions. IF it happens to be a third party, the more likely that candidate to become viable. It all has to start somewhere. And it can happen. That is America. Opportunity; for anyone...even a Peroutka...and even for a Republican Party to move right. Anything is possible.
[PS: You ain't MY kid!]
You are being hazed, plain and simple. This is an election year. A few times a day, some nutcase DU troll mosies over and picks a fight. If you want to be treated as a newbie and not a troll, please follow these very, very simple instructions:
Never forget, this is a privately owned site. Free speech does not apply.
Stop posting threads for a week or two; instead, find some threads that are of interest to you and join in. Get a better feel for how things are done around here.
If you haven't filled out a profile, stop what you are doing and fill it out. Now. While I'm waiting.
Ignore the comments that are obviously baiting you into an angry retort. If you don't want to get banned, believe me--ignore them.
That's all I have time for now. You're on your own, kid! Behave!
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