Any REFORM Party members here?

[Fishhead]

?

 

[docmercer--banned]

I am open ...

the stench coming out of Washington, DC is embarrassing and it COMES from both parties .... hell, Clinton told us all he never inhaled (as likely as Right Wing not having wet dreams about White House homo media plant Jeff Gannon) and Bush lied to go to war and is now willing to blame even a magazine for his screwed up military manuever

Any chance Perot might come out of retirement??

 

[edub69]

Reform Party Founding Principles

From http://www.reformparty.org/cgi-bin/founding.cgi
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FOUNDING PRINCIPLES​

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Set the highest ethical standards for the White House and Congress:
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• No more gifts.
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• No more trips or junkets paid for by special interests.
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• No more free meals.
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• Pass laws with significant penalties - not rules.
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• Give Congress and the White House the same retirement plans and health care as the average citizen.
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Balance the Budget:

• Develop a detailed blueprint to balance the budget.
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• Eliminate the practice of keeping some programs off-budget.
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• Pass the Balanced Budget Amendment.
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• Create an annual financial report in plain language so the American people will know whether or not we are following the plan to balance the budget.
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• Give the President the Line Item Veto.
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Campaign Reform:

• Reduce the cost of campaigns by shortening the election cycle.
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• Vote on Saturdays and Sundays - not Tuesdays - so working people can get to the polls.
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• Replace the Electoral College process for electing the President with a direct vote from the citizens - so that every vote counts.
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• Prohibit announcements of exit polls until all voting has been completed in Hawaii.
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• Require Members of Congress to raise all money from voters in their districts, and require members of the Senate to raise all money from voters within their States.
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Term Limits:

• Limit Members of Congress to three terms in the House of Representatives and limit Senators to two terms in the Senate.
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Create a new tax system:

• It must be fair.
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• It must be paperless.
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• It must raise the money to pay the bills.
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• Require that any future tax increases under this new system be approved by the people in the next federal election, in order to impose discipline on spending.
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Carefully putting together plans to deal with Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security:

• Explain these plans in detail to the American people.
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• Get a consensus.
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• Pilot test each of these programs before implementing them nationwide to make sure they produce the anticipated results at the anticipated cost.
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• Keep these programs dynamic, so they can be changed based on experience - don't freeze them with restrictive legislation.
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Promoting jobs in the USA:

• Negotiate trade agreements that promote American jobs, consumer safety, environmental protection, and fair trade.
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• Create a business environment that supports small business, which accounts for roughly 80 percent of jobs held by Americans today. Trade agreements, tax reform, health care reform, and other programs must reflect the needs of small business.
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Lobbying Reform:

• Prohibit former elected and appointed officials from ever taking money from foreign governments or foreign interests.
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• Prohibit any former high level federal employees - including elected officials - from ever working as a foreign lobbyist.
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• Allow foreign governments to provide information to our government through the State and Commerce Departments and the Executive Branch, but prohibit them from giving contributions or gifts of any kind.
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• Allow foreign representatives to visit with Members of Congress, but under no circumstances allow them to give elected officials anything now or later.
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• Prohibit any former high level federal employees - including elected officials - from working as a domestic lobbyist for five years after leaving government service in the area for which they served.
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• Limit domestic lobbying to presenting client's ideas to the Legislative and Executive Branches
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• Prohibit domestic lobbyists from giving money, trips or other incentives to current or former members of the Legislative and Executive Branches
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[edub69]

I like most of their ideals, but unfortunately a third party is worthless in our non-parliamentary system, at least at the national level. Too many people are attached to their current party, even though the party leaders and legislators could give a damn what the people who voted for them care about.

 

[docmercer--banned]

Ebu:

Hang on ...once they dust off and bring that vaunted Perot / Stockdale ticket out of retirement your tune will change

 

[JudgeWapner]

After reading this thread, count me in.

 

[Jointpleasure]

judge,

You crack me up. You just swerve from the middle left to the far left and back to the middle left and then jump parties all together. :drink:

Why not just stick it out with the demis through the thick and thin?

That's OK though - that's why your the Judge!

 

[stucco43]

judge,

You crack me up. You just swerve from the middle left to the far left and back to the middle left and then jump parties all together. :drink:

Why not just stick it out with the demis through the thick and thin?

That's OK though - that's why your the Judge!

hey idiot its called right or wrong.....

 

[Jointpleasure]

Good day to you too, Stuckhole!

If the judge wanted to be right, he'de come fish the right bank for a while as well.

 

[edub69]

judge,

You crack me up. You just swerve from the middle left to the far left and back to the middle left and then jump parties all together. :drink:

Why not just stick it out with the demis through the thick and thin?

That's OK though - that's why your the Judge!

Yeah, it's much better to just stick with one party regardless of what the party line is that day. It makes life so much easier for you.

 

[stucco43]

Good day to you too, Stuckhole!

If the judge wanted to be right, he'de come fish the right bank for a while as well.

HUH????​

 

[JudgeWapner]

JP, just searching for a little sanity is all. I certainly don't see any in the current administration. I would never rule out voting for any party. I try to look at an individual, rather than part affiliation. Have said many times that I would vote for Powell in a heart beat if he choose to run. Would also consider voting for McCain.

 

[docmercer--banned]

Let me tell ya why this is attractive:

how bout the thought of DICK CHENEY as President in 2008 ... with his "relocation camps" in place

 

[CAPNCRUNCH]

Whats the difference Doc? W is just Dicks mouthpiece anyhow.:sad3: