Comments on: Allowing Partisan Politics To Define America http://www.comicstrippolitics.com/?p=17 An Objective Look at American Politics As Seen In the Funny Pages Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:19:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: jessej http://www.comicstrippolitics.com/?p=17&cpage=1#comment-87 jessej Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:12:04 +0000 http://www.comicstrippolitics.com/?p=17#comment-87 hey: I'm no political coinsure, and as I get old, it seems the process of engaging in democracy is more important than any particular political player, party or issue. Democracy, IMHO, is reinforcing your countries freedom, nothing more and nothing less. What significant difference could arise if democrats & Gore had been in power for 9/11? (As an outsider (Canadian) I see Gore as hawkish in war as Bush and the Afghanistan war spilling over it's borders) hey:

I’m no political coinsure, and as I get old, it seems the process of engaging in democracy is more important than any particular political player, party or issue.

Democracy, IMHO, is reinforcing your countries freedom, nothing more and nothing less. What significant difference could arise if democrats & Gore had been in power for 9/11? (As an outsider (Canadian) I see Gore as hawkish in war as Bush and the Afghanistan war spilling over it’s borders)

]]> By: Motorcycle Guy http://www.comicstrippolitics.com/?p=17&cpage=1#comment-84 Motorcycle Guy Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:10:48 +0000 http://www.comicstrippolitics.com/?p=17#comment-84 Most people won't vote for a 3rd party since they'll see it as a waste of a vote. Also people like stability in general, and a 3rd party might bring just the opposite. Most people won’t vote for a 3rd party since they’ll see it as a waste of a vote. Also people like stability in general, and a 3rd party might bring just the opposite.

]]> By: Political Opinion » Political Parties are Destroying America! http://www.comicstrippolitics.com/?p=17&cpage=1#comment-75 Political Opinion » Political Parties are Destroying America! Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:38:44 +0000 http://www.comicstrippolitics.com/?p=17#comment-75 [...] Rather than form our own opinions about important issues based on careful study of facts and opinions, we all too often allow politicians, political pundits, and cable news windbags to define what we stand for. We as Americans are far more alike than different, yet by polarizing us into two “sides”, political parties stand to benefit….read more | digg story Digg this [...] [...] Rather than form our own opinions about important issues based on careful study of facts and opinions, we all too often allow politicians, political pundits, and cable news windbags to define what we stand for. We as Americans are far more alike than different, yet by polarizing us into two “sides”, political parties stand to benefit….read more | digg story Digg this [...]

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]]> By: Briscoe http://www.comicstrippolitics.com/?p=17&cpage=1#comment-67 Briscoe Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:48:48 +0000 http://www.comicstrippolitics.com/?p=17#comment-67 All that's needed to break the "two-party system" is a third party. Unfortunately, the establishment parties, their political machines and the election laws they've passed make it VERY difficult for any third party to stand up nationally. Meanwhile, I will be thinking independently. :) My own thoughts on the subject: <a href="http://www.briscoe.org/index.cfm?comic=20040419" rel="nofollow">Cartoon: Our Terrific Two-Party System</a> All that’s needed to break the “two-party system” is a third party. Unfortunately, the establishment parties, their political machines and the election laws they’ve passed make it VERY difficult for any third party to stand up nationally. Meanwhile, I will be thinking independently. :)

My own thoughts on the subject:
Cartoon: Our Terrific Two-Party System

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]]> By: Eric http://www.comicstrippolitics.com/?p=17&cpage=1#comment-65 Eric Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:56:22 +0000 http://www.comicstrippolitics.com/?p=17#comment-65 What is interesting to me in this particular blog entry is not so much the article but the responses. I don't understand how anyone could get the impression from Robert's original writing that he "hates" political parties. The opinion that I see expressed here is that individual citizens should make up their minds on a topic/issue FIRST- then look to see what particular party platform or candidate agrees. When this is not the case, then it means that citizens are looking to the parties and their candidates to do the thinking for them. Obviously, that's not a good thing for a democratic republic like ours which is heavily (if not entirely) dependant on informed citizenship. I thought this article made a lot of sense. I don't see where it's espousing that people abandon political parties per se. It's just asking people to distance themselves from their party's perspective until they have their own. Once that's done, it makes sense to look for the party or candidate that goes along with YOU and not a candidate/party that you can go along with. That's not just a play on words, it's a crucial distinction that speaks to the priority of one's opinion over party loyalty. Think first, don't let the choice think for you! What is interesting to me in this particular blog entry is not so much the article but the responses. I don’t understand how anyone could get the impression from Robert’s original writing that he “hates” political parties. The opinion that I see expressed here is that individual citizens should make up their minds on a topic/issue FIRST- then look to see what particular party platform or candidate agrees. When this is not the case, then it means that citizens are looking to the parties and their candidates to do the thinking for them. Obviously, that’s not a good thing for a democratic republic like ours which is heavily (if not entirely) dependant on informed citizenship.

I thought this article made a lot of sense. I don’t see where it’s espousing that people abandon political parties per se. It’s just asking people to distance themselves from their party’s perspective until they have their own. Once that’s done, it makes sense to look for the party or candidate that goes along with YOU and not a candidate/party that you can go along with. That’s not just a play on words, it’s a crucial distinction that speaks to the priority of one’s opinion over party loyalty. Think first, don’t let the choice think for you!

]]> By: Steven McCarty http://www.comicstrippolitics.com/?p=17&cpage=1#comment-63 Steven McCarty Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:42:35 +0000 http://www.comicstrippolitics.com/?p=17#comment-63 I got interested in the Green Party as part of an anti 2 party system and all we did was to divide the Dems further and help elect Bush (this happened again in 2004). While leaving a Nader rally in Long Beach CA in 2000 we were flanked by Repub workera with signs congradulating us on our support of Nader. Lets face it this world works, acts, and is ruled by and for corporations. Peolpe and democracy be damned, a quaint memeory, the great leader dictator Bush etc rules all. JFK was asassined because he was not going to support invasion of Vietnam, the corp boys wanted thier weapon profits war. Today we are in Iraq for oil weapon sales and Haiburton profits. And nothing changes. The civil war was the same, the profit motive there was labor. War = politics = money and visa verssa I got interested in the Green Party as part of an anti 2 party system and all we did was to divide the Dems further and help elect Bush (this happened again in 2004). While leaving a Nader rally in Long Beach CA in 2000 we were flanked by Repub workera with signs congradulating us on our support of Nader. Lets face it this world works, acts, and is ruled by and for corporations. Peolpe and democracy be damned, a quaint memeory, the great leader dictator Bush etc rules all. JFK was asassined because he was not going to support invasion of Vietnam, the corp boys wanted thier weapon profits war. Today we are in Iraq for oil weapon sales and Haiburton profits. And nothing changes. The civil war was the same, the profit motive there was labor. War = politics = money and visa verssa

]]> By: Catron http://www.comicstrippolitics.com/?p=17&cpage=1#comment-56 Catron Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:21:46 +0000 http://www.comicstrippolitics.com/?p=17#comment-56 Robert, You have made my point for me. Thanks. Both of the people mentioned understood that in order to make meaningful change, one has to accept some imperfection (in some cases, a lot) in one's party. Like it or not, the parties are the reality that we must deal with. So, it just doesn't make sense to say that the parties are ruining the country. In fact, the wild and wooly debates that we see going on are probably healthy. I would hate to see too much agreement between the two parties. That WOULD make me nervous. Robert,

You have made my point for me. Thanks. Both of the people mentioned understood that in order to make meaningful change, one has to accept some imperfection (in some cases, a lot) in one’s party. Like it or not, the parties are the reality that we must deal with. So, it just doesn’t make sense to say that the parties are ruining the country. In fact, the wild and wooly debates that we see going on are probably healthy. I would hate to see too much agreement between the two parties. That WOULD make me nervous.

]]> By: robert http://www.comicstrippolitics.com/?p=17&cpage=1#comment-53 robert Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:41:30 +0000 http://www.comicstrippolitics.com/?p=17#comment-53 Catron, Are you suggesting that Franklin Roosevelt agreed with every position held by the Democratic Party at the time? It seems to me that despite being a member of the Democratic Party, he didn't toe the party line on every issue of the day. Perhaps you're misunderstanding what I'm saying. I'm not claiming that no one should join political parties, just that everyone should look at the issues for themselves and determine their position on individual issues rather than let party leaders tell them where they should stand. I would argue that both Franklin Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln did just that. Catron,

Are you suggesting that Franklin Roosevelt agreed with every position held by the Democratic Party at the time? It seems to me that despite being a member of the Democratic Party, he didn’t toe the party line on every issue of the day. Perhaps you’re misunderstanding what I’m saying. I’m not claiming that no one should join political parties, just that everyone should look at the issues for themselves and determine their position on individual issues rather than let party leaders tell them where they should stand. I would argue that both Franklin Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln did just that.

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