Daily Kos Wed Aug 31, 2011 at 11:07 AM PDT _Do we really need another Billionaires Party?_ (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/08/31/1012240/-Do-we-really-need-another-Billionaires-Party-) by LaFeminista _Some people really just are not paying attention_ (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-billionaires-chance-to-save-the-country/2011/08/31/gIQAU hXtrJ_story.html) If you think, as I’ve argued repeatedly, that we need a “radically centrist” third-party presidential candidate to shake things up, and to force both political parties to confront the myriad issues that their interest groups and ideological litmus tests bar them from treating honestly, then there are only two ways for that to happen in 2012. Like it or not, both depend on wealthy Americans investing in creative political change. This article is probably the most idiotic I have read in a long time. Radically centrist? One party has gone off the edge and the other is intent on appeasing them and yet we need another in the already overcrowded the center? The first scenario is that the new group Americans Elect succeeds in securing ballot access in all fifty states, Yah really.... then they are bought out I suppose? In a not so hostile centrist takeover perhaps? Money buys everything, hmm? The political establishment is seriously underestimating the potential of Americans Elect to become a disruptive force in our politics. Whoopee radical centrists just what the doctor ordered.
The second option is that a patriotic billionaire with the means to secure ballot access on his or her own pursues an independent campaign. Owing allegiance to Wall St perhaps; and the profit margin no doubt. Now could someone tell me what the fuck this means? Some wealthy patriots in the “far center” Bloody hell that is a stretch. If you’re rich, serious about changing the world and think our two party tyranny has become part of the problem, there’s no better time to invest in disruptive political innovation. The country you save may be your own. Yah way to go billionaires, perhaps the Koch brothers might like to play another hand of "buy a country"? Ye gawds, we already have one whole party and at least half of the other up for sale to the highest bidder, now we get another pick and mix? The Billionaires have enough representation as it is, it's the rest of us that only have one vote that have the problem. What we need is campaign finance reform and not yet another auction. -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
