On Sep 28, 2011, at 9:48 AM, [email protected] wrote: > They wipe with the US Constitution, so it's not surprising that they'd > seriously suggest suspending elections:
Perdue got as much pushback from liberal voices as conservative; this was a roundly derided idea. It was stupid. Because one Dem said it doesn't mean 'Liberals wipe with the constitution', and there is no 'they' saying this. The underlying problem, that Congress members now spend more time running for office than actually working in office IS a problem, and so long as we hold to the truly absurd views that a) Money == speech and b) Corporations are persons, not business entities, our system will continue to go in the direction of 'perpetual campaigning', at least until we give up all pretense and simply start auctioning off house and senate seats to the highest bidder. (Which, truthfully, just isn't that far removed from what we have now) When the stated goal of the opposition party at the outset of a new president's term is 'Defeat Obama in the next election', I'd argue that we're already at the point of the perpetual campaign. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
