This came from my thread about a voting revolution so I will comment on it. As I said in my thread this is not the intent of the voting revolution. It is pefectly acceptable to replace a mutli term republican with a brand new republican or a multi term democrat with a brand new democrat. Its not re-arranging the chairs, its throwing the chairs overboard and going with deck loungers instead.
I would prefer people voted in non-party independants but thats an even more difficult sell then trying to get people to break away from the status quo with their incumbents.
Or, why don't you guys just all vow to turn over 75% of your tax refund (trust me, CD is getting a refund if he pays at all) to a candidate. Average refund is what, $1,500, so thats about $1,120 bucks or so. You get 50,000 people to do that you have over $5,000,000 dollars; enough to go nationwide with your message. The average representation of a House seat is 450,000 people so are you telling me you can't get about 1 in 12 to do that? If not, I'm guessing the country isn't as ripe for revolution as some claim it is.
If "everybody" is clammoring (sp?) for such a revolt, why not just accept the reality of the situation that money talks and get into the conversation?
Once you get there, you can change the rules to make political ads free so there is no need to raise $5M.
The reason that won't work is because nobody is willing to put their money where their mouth is. So...Americans get the America we deserve.
I haven't posted with you on this forum before so I will have to tell you one thing about me. I tend to get annoyed when
people put words in my mouth I never uttered
You may have just been projecting what was said by others while quoting me so i'll let it slide.
Anyway.
Why would I want to give money to one of the congresscritters for their campaign when I want them to all be fired and replaced with new blood? I may not be understanding what your getting at in the first paragraph.
I also do not receive a overpaid tax repayment (tax "refund"). I hold my federal and state taxes in my money market and savings account all year then pay the bill in full come january.
The last sentance you typed reminded me of one of my favorite youtube people
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGjKsVYUMKw]YouTube - Never Reelect Your Congressman[/ame]