Jesse Ventura talks about the 2 party dictatorship. Interesting.

It's kind of like the Jerusalem Syndrome. Apparently some just average folks go off the rez, at it were, when they vacation in the Holy Land. They start deciding they're the Messiah, or some such similar kookiness.

I think politics is the same way. Some get in with the best of intentions, only to be corrupted by power or led off down the lunatic fringe path. I'm thinking Jesse might be the latter.

Oddball or not, he is right about the 2 party system ruining the country. I have always wanted to abolish the parties and make individuals and their platforms the focus. The party system has turned into political sport in this country. "my team won the last election nahnahnah" or "my team lost, I am taking my ball and going home"

Political parties do the same as religions; divide, suppress, and ask for your money.

If we are going to do away with the 2 parties, we also need to put a spending cap on elections, and force any entity with a license to broadcast give equal time to the top 5-10 candidates.

I have reservations about whoever comes in second being VP, because that would lead to assassination attempts.

On the state level, same thing, Cap election spending, force equal time.

Jesse is right about voting for any third party. I have done that the last few years. Vote means shit anyway.

Us real lefties have long wanted public financing of campaigns and instant run-off voting. This would give third parties a big enough boost to be viable, while respecting everyone's rights.

Understood. As I was writing my previous post, I thought about forcing the #2 spot on whoever won as part of radical changes, then realized death happens.

Tritone or Jigaloo is going to think that's a real thing if you're not careful, Barry....

The Greens?

Maybe they could start a Stamp Out White Folks platform.

I've always wondered this. Are there any slurs for white folks that are effective? I mean, I understand why "nigger" and "spic" and "kike" are offensive. They just sound ugly, with the "g" and "k" sounds. But "honky" and "cracker" and "blue eyed devil" have no pizzazz to them. I wouldn't be offended being called any of those things.

Good luck going door to door getting enough signatures for your KKK party, Barry.

I did answer your point. Extremists are not likely to get enough support to get on the ballot, therefore no public financing. Tea Party? Probably, and that would be good. Instead of pulling the R's hard right, they would have their own platform and candidates. Greens? Maybe, the Dems worked hard to keep them off the ballot here in Ohio. Unfortunately, incumbents make the rules.

As far as spending other people's money, air time should be given as the bulk of financing. There would still be additional donated funds, of course. But I believe cutting corporate influence would actually be cheaper for most people.

The instant run-off works like this - you vote for a first and second choice. If no one has a majority of first choice votes, the top two candidates run-off including second place votes.

You said nothing about extremists. You said public financing of campaigns to boost third parties. To protect everyone's rights. Who determines who is extreme? You? Your ilk? Me? My ilk? That's the problem when you pitch the rules out the window. Someone always comes along with new ones.

Air time is someone else's money. Forcing radio/ tv/ print to run equal time advertising is stealing money from the owners of that air time. Oh, sure, it's the "people's" airwaves and all that nonsense, but at the end of the day someone is paying for it. But as long as it's not you, you don't care. Which takes us back to spending other people's money.

Here's a better idea. For every left leaning bumper sticker you put on your tent under the bridge, you should be forced to put an equal time sticker to match it. Golly, that'd be fair. Everyone's rights would be protected.

And you're high if you think corporate, or any other type, of influence can be removed. No one follows election financing rules as it is now. Making a bunch of new regs, that will always have loop holes, is just pissing in the wind. But malcontents like you will feel oh, so much better. For a minute. Until you realize that some kids aren't playing by the rules. Wah.

^^^^ So, you're what, 10ish?

Parliamentary Forms of Government Work Better. The Founding Fathers Fucked us because they were so in love with George Washington. Head of State doesn't need to also be Head of Government. There is NO FUCKING REASON for there to be an upper house WITHOUT TERM LIMITS. So You put term limits on the Head of State but jack off Senators can stick around and fuck shit up for 90 years. They can be racist jack offs from the south in the 40's and 50's and stay in office until they fucking die in the 21'st Century. GREAT FUCKING SYSTEM. Every Ideal of the founding fathers(even the the support for slavery..) has been corrupted.

I'm leaving this turd ball of a country...