NationStates Jolt Archive


Should political parties be outlawed? ( US )

Eutrusca
17-10-2004, 07:01
The full proposal is:

1. Political parties to be outlawed

2. National nominating ballot requires voters to fill in the name of anyone meeting the Constitutional requirements for the office

3. In the event no one name recieves more than 50% of all votes, a national runoff is held between the two names receiving the most votes in the national nominating election.

Your thoughts are humbly solicited.
Heiliger
17-10-2004, 07:02
I don't think they should be outlawed, just that there be more than two main parties. Comon Ralph Nader wants to play too!
Lunatic Goofballs
17-10-2004, 07:02
The full proposal is:

1. Political parties to be outlawed

2. National nominating ballot requires voters to fill in the name of anyone meeting the Constitutional requirements for the office

3. In the event no one name recieves more than 50% of all votes, a national runoff is held between the two names receiving the most votes in the national nominating election.

Your thoughts are humbly solicited.

I think this discriminates agaist people with poor penmanship.
Orders of Crusaders
17-10-2004, 07:04
Great Idea! Anarchy! :D
Eutrusca
17-10-2004, 07:04
Great Idea! Anarchy! :D

LOL! Well, HARDLY! How is it "anarchy?" :)
Orders of Crusaders
17-10-2004, 07:05
I don't know, I just watched the movie Fight Club again today, and am now hooked on Anarchy :D
Eutrusca
17-10-2004, 07:08
I don't know, I just watched the movie Fight Club again today, and am now hooked on Anarchy :D

How many times do I have to tell you that you need to get OUT more! :D
Big Jim P
17-10-2004, 07:08
I meet all requirements. Jim 2004.

Seriously, write me in if you are American, over 18 and want some real change.

My platform:

1. Retirement by the time you are thirty.

2. Honesty in the white house.

3. Empire backed by the fact that we can buy nations and enforce our will and/or culture on them.


4. If number three doesn't work, then we bomb them back to the stone age or earlier.
Heiliger
17-10-2004, 07:08
Anarchy would be cool! We can turn the Whitehouse into a Hotel!
Dian
17-10-2004, 07:10
Hmmm... Great idea. The parties are just easily splintered coalitions of people who are generally different from each other. Fundraising might be a problem though. But since there would be no political parties, no one could fund all of the candidates to make them take their views no matter what platform they originally took. Also, you would cut down on the negative political advertising as there be too many candidates to just single out one for an attack. Well...until right before the election when only 2-5 candidates would be effectively well ahead of the others.
Lunatic Goofballs
17-10-2004, 07:10
Anarchy would be cool! We can turn the Whitehouse into a Hotel!

A brothel.
Orders of Crusaders
17-10-2004, 07:11
Anarchy would be cool! We can turn the Whitehouse into a Hotel!
As my main man Quagmire would say, "Or how about a Bordello?! Heh heh, alllright!"
CRACKPIE
17-10-2004, 07:11
I don't think they should be outlawed, just that there be more than two main parties. Comon Ralph Nader wants to play too!

woot!! Ralph rules!!
Eutrusca
17-10-2004, 07:14
Anarchy would be cool! We can turn the Whitehouse into a Hotel!
Already been done ... Clinton.
Penguinista
17-10-2004, 07:14
I don't think they should be outlawed, just that there be more than two main parties. Comon Ralph Nader wants to play too!

There are hundreds of parties, ranging from state to national level. They just don't have the support and money that the Dems and Reps do.
CRACKPIE
17-10-2004, 07:14
I meet all requirements. Jim 2004.

Seriously, write me in if you are American, over 18 and want some real change.

My platform:

1. Retirement by the time you are thirty.

2. Honesty in the white house.

3. Empire backed by the fact that we can buy nations and enforce our will and/or culture on them.


4. If number three doesn't work, then we bomb them back to the stone age or earlier.

sounds nice, lemme add a position on abortion.
Not pro life or pro choce, but pro you-shutting-the-fuck-up, if I may quote maddox, and dopt his policies. against abortion but for baby killing. and old people. we all hate babies and all people
Eutrusca
17-10-2004, 07:14
A brothel.
Already been done ... Clinton. :D
Heiliger
17-10-2004, 07:15
There are hundreds of parties, ranging from state to national level. They just don't have the support and money that the Dems and Reps do.

Well give them that support! I mean Spain, Canada, and other countries have more than two parties and look how good they are doing.
Heiliger
17-10-2004, 07:15
Already been done ... Clinton. :D

Eh whatever rakes in the dough man. :p
Eutrusca
17-10-2004, 07:17
Eh whatever rakes in the dough man. :p

Don't you mean "Dough-boy?" As in Pilsbury? :D
Heiliger
17-10-2004, 07:17
Don't you mean "Dough-boy?" As in Pilsbury? :D

Whoo Hoo! *the doughboy sound*
Penguinista
17-10-2004, 07:18
Well give them that support! I mean Spain, Canada, and other countries have more than two parties and look how good they are doing.


different political system. They have a nation wide proportional based election, we have a state and district based system.

And go study a parliamentary system sometime. next to nothing gets done unless someone has a supermajority of support.
Heiliger
17-10-2004, 07:20
Ah hell, bring down the electorial college system, bring in popular vote but with computers instead of papers (less confusion) and everyone will be happy.
Big Jim P
17-10-2004, 07:20
sounds nice, lemme add a position on abortion.
Not pro life or pro choce, but pro you-shutting-the-fuck-up, if I may quote maddox, and dopt his policies. against abortion but for baby killing. and old people. we all hate babies and all people

I was half-way serious, but I do have a position on abortion, and if you do not like it, You can shut the fuck up yourself.

*goodness and light, and a smile for the Idiot*

JIM
Orders of Crusaders
17-10-2004, 07:21
Or vote Peter Griffin/Brian Griffin for President!
CRACKPIE
17-10-2004, 07:41
I was half-way serious, but I do have a position on abortion, and if you do not like it, You can shut the fuck up yourself.

*goodness and light, and a smile for the Idiot*

JIM


mine's better. and I'm all serious. if a baby pisses you off, it gets a warning. After three warnings it gets a dragon kick to the head. as for old people, if they try to do anythin but sit there and die slowly, you take a lead pipe to their heads. Because OLD PEOPLE SHOULDNT SQUARE DANCE!!!
Heiliger
17-10-2004, 07:42
mine's better. and I'm all serious. if a baby pisses you off, it gets a warning. After three warnings it gets a dragon kick to the head. as for old people, if they try to do anythin but sit there and die slowly, you take a lead pipe to their heads. Because OLD PEOPLE SHOULDNT SQUARE DANCE!!!

Nor should a retirement home feed Gas inducing food to 50 seniors at one time. Trust me its not pretty.
CRACKPIE
17-10-2004, 07:51
Nor should a retirement home feed Gas inducing food to 50 seniors at one time. Trust me its not pretty.
lead pipes. if my policy in enforced, there wont be 50 seniors at one time! BWAHAHAHA
Big Jim P
17-10-2004, 07:55
lead pipes. if my policy in enforced, there wont be 50 seniors at one time! BWAHAHAHA

I forgot, its the weekend. The morons come out and Display their incredible stupidity. Plus their trained ability to type without thinking.