3. "This could be the time but these are not the people" In response to In response to 0
>If the Green Party and Libertarians don't take advantage of >this time, they never will. > >I feel people are becoming more desperate for an alternative >to our current situation. Special interests are entrenched in >our system and the people need to form another party now. > >I'm supporting the first party that pushes common sense >legislation nationally. However, that cannot be done by >simply making a big splash nationally. The process to >legitimacy would have to be methodical and sensible, starting >in the local and state levels. > >As much as I hate the Tea Party, there was a method to their >madness. They rallied to air out the frustrations....and then >they organized. They took key seats on all levels and (in my >opinion) completely altered the trajectory of the Obama >administration.
The tea party was bought and paid for by the Koch brothers. The Republicans was going to block Obama anyway that didn't change just because the Tea party got involved.
>Now is the time for people to get together to push the old >guard out. I believe that certain states have enough people >to get the ball rolling. States like California, Washington, >and Colorado would be the perfect place to start. The >platform should center around changing the way Washington >works versus just standing on ideals. Ideals are great but >they aren't enough to push a worthwhile agenda forward. The >key flaw I feel that a lot of previous candidates had was that >I never felt that they would inspire the actual policies that >would change the way Washington works. I never felt that from >Nader, Stein, or even Bernie. Ultimately, none of these >candidates, had they been successful in the presidency bids, >would've had the numbers to push the needle left. >---------------------------------------