Comments on: Why Is 2008 Ripe For A Third Party Run? http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/why-is-2008-ripe-for-a-third-party-run/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:46:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: ascap_scab http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/why-is-2008-ripe-for-a-third-party-run/#comment-332193 ascap_scab Fri, 18 May 2007 20:22:25 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/why-is-2008-ripe-for-a-third-party-run/#comment-332193 I can't give a solution to "are you satisfied" unless know why the respondents are not satisfied. Maybe the respondents think there is too much war, OR, maybe the respondents think there is NOT ENOUGH war. Should I just randomly "do something" without first understanding what need to be done?? "Nero, Rome is on fire!!" "Oh that's terrible!! Let me put out the flames by playing my fiddle!!" I can’t give a solution to “are you satisfied” unless know why the respondents are not satisfied. Maybe the respondents think there is too much war, OR, maybe the respondents think there is NOT ENOUGH war. Should I just randomly “do something” without first understanding what need to be done??

“Nero, Rome is on fire!!”
“Oh that’s terrible!! Let me put out the flames by playing my fiddle!!”

]]> By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/why-is-2008-ripe-for-a-third-party-run/#comment-331310 Justin Gardner Fri, 18 May 2007 03:37:54 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/why-is-2008-ripe-for-a-third-party-run/#comment-331310 <blockquote>The question itself is meaningless unless you ask why they are unsatisfied. Maybe they are unsatisfied with having to put up with the constant politics by 20 wanna-bes while we are losing three kids and $280 million a day in a country half-way-round the world where we have nothing to win.</blockquote> But this is just one reason why people aren't satisfied. Take this away, and I bet people would still feel like things need to change. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's my guess about the collective mood in the aftermath of our recent hyper-partisan political history. As far as Bloomberg goes, the only way for a person to make it to the Oval Office free from the trappings of our traditional give/take campaign finance system is to be super wealthy. Maybe it'll change in the future, but that's our reality in the here and now. And Bloomberg can spend a bunch of his own money and devise a political philosophy free from the traditional two party trappings. I guess my question then is...what's your solution?

The question itself is meaningless unless you ask why they are unsatisfied. Maybe they are unsatisfied with having to put up with the constant politics by 20 wanna-bes while we are losing three kids and $280 million a day in a country half-way-round the world where we have nothing to win.

But this is just one reason why people aren’t satisfied. Take this away, and I bet people would still feel like things need to change. Maybe I’m wrong, but that’s my guess about the collective mood in the aftermath of our recent hyper-partisan political history.

As far as Bloomberg goes, the only way for a person to make it to the Oval Office free from the trappings of our traditional give/take campaign finance system is to be super wealthy. Maybe it’ll change in the future, but that’s our reality in the here and now. And Bloomberg can spend a bunch of his own money and devise a political philosophy free from the traditional two party trappings.

I guess my question then is…what’s your solution?

]]> By: ascap_scab http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/why-is-2008-ripe-for-a-third-party-run/#comment-331256 ascap_scab Fri, 18 May 2007 02:23:39 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/why-is-2008-ripe-for-a-third-party-run/#comment-331256 I don't know how you draw the conclusion that the answer to "are you satisfied" indicates the respondents want more politics and more politicians?? The question itself is meaningless unless you ask why they are unsatisfied. Maybe they are unsatisfied with having to put up with the constant politics by 20 wanna-bes while we are losing three kids and $280 million a day in a country half-way-round the world where we have nothing to win. And if that's so, how does that indicate they want a guy like multi-billionaire Bloomberg to buy his way into the oval office?? Bloomberg is not "the answer" anymore than Ross Perot was "the answer". I don’t know how you draw the conclusion that the answer to “are you satisfied” indicates the respondents want more politics and more politicians??

The question itself is meaningless unless you ask why they are unsatisfied. Maybe they are unsatisfied with having to put up with the constant politics by 20 wanna-bes while we are losing three kids and $280 million a day in a country half-way-round the world where we have nothing to win.

And if that’s so, how does that indicate they want a guy like multi-billionaire Bloomberg to buy his way into the oval office?? Bloomberg is not “the answer” anymore than Ross Perot was “the answer”.

]]> By: Donklephant » Blog Archive » I can’t get no satisfaction. http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/why-is-2008-ripe-for-a-third-party-run/#comment-331149 Donklephant » Blog Archive » I can’t get no satisfaction. Thu, 17 May 2007 23:48:56 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/why-is-2008-ripe-for-a-third-party-run/#comment-331149 [...] Justin asks the question “Are you satisfied?”, linking to polls that may or not indicate an electoral base which can serve as a foundation for a third party effort. The question resonates for me, and was one I tried to answer in an older but relevant post: [...] [...] Justin asks the question “Are you satisfied?”, linking to polls that may or not indicate an electoral base which can serve as a foundation for a third party effort. The question resonates for me, and was one I tried to answer in an older but relevant post: [...]

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