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I don't give to political parties.
[Originally written 6/28/12.]
I'm registered as a Democrat. And I'm subscribed to a number of Democratic email lists. And all of them are urging me to chip in at least $3 to help counter the spending the Republicans have done in this past year.
Why do they think that their solution is to get money to power their counter-propaganda machine? Are the American people really that stupid and gullible that they'll fall for the Republican fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) that the GOP propaganda machine has been generating and churning out the past several months? Or are the American people too lazy or busy to make up their own minds? I'd like to think that they aren't.
My answer to the Democrats has been, and continues to be, "no". I'm unemployed again [well, I was at the time I originally wrote this], and I shouldn't be spending my money frivolously. And if I wasn't employed, I still wouldn't give to them. I just don't give to political parties, period. To me, it's a waste of my money.
I'm registered as a Democrat. And I'm subscribed to a number of Democratic email lists. And all of them are urging me to chip in at least $3 to help counter the spending the Republicans have done in this past year.
Why do they think that their solution is to get money to power their counter-propaganda machine? Are the American people really that stupid and gullible that they'll fall for the Republican fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) that the GOP propaganda machine has been generating and churning out the past several months? Or are the American people too lazy or busy to make up their own minds? I'd like to think that they aren't.
My answer to the Democrats has been, and continues to be, "no". I'm unemployed again [well, I was at the time I originally wrote this], and I shouldn't be spending my money frivolously. And if I wasn't employed, I still wouldn't give to them. I just don't give to political parties, period. To me, it's a waste of my money.
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But I still assert that throwing more money at the problem is not going to solve the problem. I've already turned off my television, and intend to keep it off until after the election.
One independent FB-friend of mine has been touting Scott Rupert, and independent candidate for Ohio Senator. His website is http://www.scottrupert.com/. As much as I think Sherrod Brown would continue to serve Ohio well for 6 more years -- much better than Mandel -- I don't want to maintain the status quo. Both parties got us into this mess, and I don't see either of them getting us out anytime soon.
To quote Joe, another of my independent FB friends, "If more voters would stop being We the Sheeple, grow a spine, become We the People, and give real thought to and actually pull that third party or independent lever (fill a circle, push a button, etc), we might actually start getting elected officials who do the job instead of concern themselves with how to pad their own wallets."