Retrospective: Jackie Salit Nails Two Parties in 2010

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THE PARTIES ARE OVER

by Jacqueline Salit

Goodbye two-Party system?  Discontent is building to open up the political process

NEW YORK NEWSDAY THE SUNDAY SPECIAL

October 31, 2010

Name a problem — poverty, war, out-of-control spending. The political parties offer themselves as the solution to all of the above, and more. We respond by voting for first one party, then the other, then back again. We want to let the world know we are unhappy, but we haven’t yet developed the creative capacity to rearrange the world around us.

This seemingly eternal passivity is the mother’s milk of political partyism. No wonder the Republicans and Democrats and their auxiliaries — the tea parties, the unions, the media — must whip us into a frenzy. Whether we are Foxites, MSNBCists, bloggers or bored stiff, we’re now implored daily to get out to vote. Why? Not because voting develops our capacity to move the country forward. But because we must put one, or the other, or both, political parties in power — even though separately and together, they brought us to this anxious and crummy place.

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Phi Beta Iota: Jacqueline Salit is a force in America, and she has access to Michael Bloomberg.  They both made a mistake in spending money on apparatchiks who created the NO LABELS “movement” that would be a monstrocity but for the fact that it is so pathetically “wag the puppy” one can only laugh.  She herself is authentic, and there is no denying the fact that 43% or more voters now consider themselves Independent, and over 83% told an informal Wall Street Journal poll they are ready to vote for a third party President.  All that is missing now is a Presidential candidate from a third party that can make Seven Promises to America.

See Also:

Reference: Electoral Reform Act & Third Party Politics

Reference: Third Party Bubble & Possibilities, RECAP

2008 ELECTION 2008: Lipstick on the Pig

Review: Grand Illusion–The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Party Tyranny

Review: Running on Empty–How the Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It (Paperback)

Ron Paul’s Moment?

Review: VOICE OF THE PEOPLE–The Transpartisan Imperative in American Life

Review: The leadership of civilization building–Administrative and civilization theory, symbolic dialogue, and citizen skills for the 21st century

David Brooks Doth Protest–Not Nearly Enough!

Mitt Romney is Not Ignorant–Just Delusional…

Obama’s Failure of Intelligence & Integrity

Search: kucinich coalition reform

Serious (Honest) Thinking About US Budget

US Goverment 2011 Revenue, Costs, & Debt–Two Party Tyranny Lies Straight Up, Media Goes Along

Why Isn’t Wall Street in Jail? + US Fraud RECAP

Search: cost of corruption + Corruption RECAP

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