I’m happy to abide by that moderation, tomndebb. I should not have made that post. My apologies to jtgain.
For the record, it was not at all clear to me that jtgain was asking a rhetorical question. I’m still not sure why you’re so confident that is the case. And your interpretation of my post as showing my intention to “shut down discussion” is without any merit and doesn’t belong in a moderator’s post.
Carry on.
I disagree, there’s all the more point. The problem is not candidates being represented by political parties, but rather with career politicians who nearly always become corrupted by the system. Strict term limits for all members of Congress is the only way out of the mess we are currently in. As I have already stated, this is not a strictly a Dem/Rep issue - they are both guilty as charged.
Sorry for the hijack - carry on.
Term limits merely insure that the congresscritters are fairly inexperienced, and gives a ton of power to their unelected aides. We have natural term limits: don’t vote for the jackass.
With this “Wikipedia” thing you’ve discovered, you could be a fact-checker for public broadcasting. Just in case the elucidating business every dries up.
While theoretically true, in practice it just doesn’t work that way. The incumbent has far too much power and financial backing amassed by allowing their votes to be purchased during their tenure.
That would make it work. I hate work.
No offense taken. Generally, I am opposed to more government involvement in health care, and I have argued against that in other threads.
However, my question in this thread was a sincere one. It was my understanding that having a public option was the centerpiece to Obama’s reforms.
ETA: and my “Obama Death Panel” remark was supposed to be facetious. A previous poster had asked what type of decision making board I was positing in my hypothetical. I intended to say that it didn’t matter and gave a bunch of examples. I certainly don’t believe that Obama is proposing death panels.
Reuters? Aren’t they generally neutral? When Reuters is taking a position, you know it’s serious.
I disagree. I knew my Congressman was corrupt before he was my Congressman. Most voters probably fall into these categories:
So we send them to Congress ALREADY corrupt.
Well, I’m afraid I’ve already lost my admiration for Obama. I think he’s just too accommodating. It may come back, somehow. I really had no regard for Nancy Pelosi, but when she said nothing will pass without a public option, I was proud of her. Go House of Reps!
I took it they decided to expose the absurd rhetoric.