Why is "flip-flopping" a bad thing?

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Originally Posted by jockeys

:HJ

I guess I'm going to go ahead and throw this out there: I don't think we need parties AT ALL. call me an idealist, but I think we'd be genuinely better off without the two hulking, cronyistic, good-old-boys clubs that run the country right now. neither one cares about the American public nearly as much as they do about hurting the other party.

my solution:
outlaw parties all together. each candidate can just tell people what they believe, and we can vote for them based on that. 'nuff said.

(warning, this entire post is more or less entirely lifted from my personal political manifesto.)

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Any chance we could get you to stand in our next general election Jockeys?

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Originally Posted by Spike J

Any chance we could get you to stand in our next general election Jockeys?

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sorry mate, my heart (and my ass) belong here in Texas!

I am an idealist as well, and find myself sleeping better at night after voting for the best candidate regardless of party affiliation rather than the lesser of two major party candidate evils.

It's the belief that only one of the two major ones will win that drives people to vote for them. Who has the crystal ball? It would be so nice if voters would simply vote their conscience instead of holding their noses at the ballot box because they have been tricked into thinking there are only two choices.

Unfortunately, some states (like Oklahoma) do not count write-in candidate votes, and it looks like McCain and Obama will probably be the only two on our ballots in No-vember