A quick thought on “Super Tuesday’

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

An easy way to fix our political system? Vote more. Not for people, but for issues.

If we voted on issues at the federal level rather than just for people, would our government get more done? From my standpoint, people have become so removed from the political system due to the fact that we elect people to make decisions and vote on our behalf. The problem is that most people don’t trust that their elected officials will represent them based on their own beliefs. After all, when was the last time my representative called me up and said: “Hey Grant, what do you think about abortion? …

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A Quick Way to Find Your Candidate for 2008

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

I received the following link through an email forward from a good friend.

I’m not really into politics much, and quite frankly, our political system has hyped itself to a point where quite few people really care about what goes on in Washington, which is unfortunate.

However, if you’re a political no-nothing like myself, this little 11 question poll will tell you which of the 500-some candidates share your same views on certain topics.

Select a Candidate 2008

Good luck.

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