Political Parties

Ok, this one is a double post (since I missed last Friday to being out of town).

First, let’s talk about the political parties.  Political parties are a big problem in this country and in our government.  The problem with these parties is that they are “right wing” or “left wing”.  I’m not even discussing the independents that pop up now again.  I’m talking about Democrat and Republican parties.  The problem is that they forget that they are Americans first and a Republican or Democrat second.  Governments have a very hard time passing anything when one party has the majority of the government and when there are conflicting parties controlling different parts of the government forget about getting anything accomplished.

The conflicts between the parties make it seem like our government is at war with itself.  Issues aren’t discussed they are battled.  Each party is opposing the other just because it doesn’t fit with their parties’ structure.  Really?  What the hell?  Most people aren’t so cut and dry on the issues.  Their opinions vary depending on the topic.  What do you do?  Do you take the key issues and whatever you favor most is that what party you belong too?  “I favor 5 out of 9 parties’ key issues with Democrats; therefore, I must be a Democrat.”  WRONG.  It makes you human.

Do away with the 2 party system.  Hell, do away with full party system in general.  Independents can never get the funding, power, or marketing to ever put up a fight for president.  Luckily we have a small few independents throughout congress.  The party system made sense at first.  It prevented 100 people running for president and the public to be focused on the "best people for the job."  Now it just forces people to choose from the lesser of two evils.

There needs to be a third, fourth, fifth, and maybe even a sixth option.  The problem isn't just for the president.  It needs to be for all the levels of government.  Otherwise, we'll have a president that can't pass anything because the congress discriminates against him because of his party.

Either way, my point is this.  The political parties need to go away.  Let's focus on the issues to get someone elected not what party they belong to.