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To: PeterPrinciple
I will counter that human nature will circumvent any fence you set up. Your focus on independents does not stop the grouping up of people.

I've stated as much, in nearly every post I've made about my proposal.

Under my proposal, there would be nothing to stop lawmakers from banding together under the shared umbrella of mutually held principles, but at least we'd see more truth in advertising amongst those scoundrels.

It would make it tough to run as a conservative, then go to Congress and vote with the liberals. We also just need to get the political machines out of the government.

Honestly, the tide has already begun moving in that direction. Fewer and fewer people are donating money to the two major parties, while more and more re-register as Independents. The people are sick to death of the two major parties, and the above is the proof.

In time we won't even need an amendment, as the parties become less and less popular with voters. Soon enough, partisan labels may well become radioactive.

55 posted on 05/21/2017 6:24:10 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

Honestly, the tide has already begun moving in that direction. Fewer and fewer people are donating money to the two major parties, while more and more re-register as Independents. The people are sick to death of the two major parties, and the above is the proof.
In time we won’t even need an amendment, as the parties become less and less popular with voters. Soon enough, partisan labels may well become radioactive.


If we won’t need the amendment, why encumber the system with it?

So we agree the system is working and self correcting. The story is still being written and we will have a lot of surprise along the way. I am still hopeful that the Republicans will rediscover their heritage. But the battle will NEVER go away.

And we need to find our role in the revolution. We can’t let Trump do all the fighting...................


56 posted on 05/21/2017 6:38:46 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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