03/18/10

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A plan based on anti-incumbent fury

Bookworm on Mar 17 2010 at 3:09 pm 


A friend sent me the following email, one that he in turn received from someone else. What do you think of this proposal? My problem is that I think there are some incumbents we should hang on to at all costs (Cantor and Ryan spring most readily to mind), but I certainly appreciate the sense that Washington is deeply broken and needs to be cleansed in a way akin to the Augean stables:

New Political Party.

Not Democrat, Not Republican, Not Independent.

It’s called the “PISSED OFF PARTY” (or POP).

This party is dedicated to vote every incumbent out of office in the next elections. If you’re Democrat, vote Democrat. Just don’t vote for the incumbent. If you’re Republican, vote Republican. Just don’t vote for the incumbent. IF you are an Independent, vote for the best non-incumbent!

We need to send a message to all politicians, that we’re tired of their B.S. If the country votes out all the incumbents, the new incoming politicians hopefully will get the message..

It’s pretty simple. Nobody needs to change parties and let’s face it, there’s plenty of blame to spread around. A few good politicians will lose their job, but they probably have better retirement and insurance then 95% of the American public. You’ve had to struggle for the last 5 years. Some of you have lost your job and may be working in some other sector just to feed your family. I guarantee you, none of them will suffer like this country has.

If you like whats going on and think this is a bad idea, delete this. But if you’re fed up and think this is a good idea, then pass this E-mail on. If you really think this has legs, then a website and a blog could help get the word out.

To All 535 voting members of the Legislature; it is now official you are ALL to look for a new job or just retire!

Here is a factual basis for the POP strategy:

a.. The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right, and it is broke.
b.. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right, and it is broke.
c.. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it right, and it is broke.
d.. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to “the poor” and they only want more.
e.. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years to get it right, and they are broke.
f.. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it right, and it is broke.
g.. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year, and we import more oil than ever before. You had 32 years to get it right, and it is an abysmal failure.
h. It appears that Obamacare in some form is going to be rammed through and proceed to further bankrupt the nation without solving the health care problems.

You have FAILED with every “government service” you have shoved down our throats while overspending our tax dollars and without accountability.

AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM? IT’S NOT ABOUT THE NEED FOR GOOD HEALTH CARE, IT’S ABOUT TRUSTING THE GOVERNMENT TO RUN IT!

Folks, keep this circulating. It is very well stated.

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You KNOW that I wholeheartedly agree with this article, as I have previously urged you to "Re-elect Nobody" and noted that the word "incumbent" is a code word placed on the ballot to inform the voters of which one to vote AGAINST.

Let's clean house! and the senate too!

Even if you think YOUR congressman is okay, he or she has to GO. That's how cancer is excised; they take out healthy cells at the margin to be sure they got all the cancer cells. Do you remember the U.S. officer who was ridiculed in Vietnam for saying "Unfortunately, in order to save the village, we had to destroy it." - Do you understand now what he meant?