Wednesday, June 20, 2007

There's Never Been a Better Time to Jump Ship

If you ask me, Mike Bloomberg has the right idea. When a Republican president and Democratic congress both have abysmal approval ratings, a unique opportunity to move off the political grid presents itself. When so many people on both sides of the proverbial aisle are dissatisfied, everyone is looking for a new place to put their political faith. Why not throw in with the guy who's swinging from the balcony?

16 comments:

Hose Juan said...

Throw in with the billionaire who conviently switches his party to what he feels is more electable?

The same guy who hosted the 2004 GOP convention and praised Bush throughout?

The same guy who championed banning both smoking and trans-fats from New York?

w1ndst0rm said...

Yeah, while this guy may have the "right idea" he is just more of the same but opportuistic about it. The first two choices suck along with this third choice.

cardinal23 said...

Our two political parties are a cancer. When a man decides to leave this corrupt system, for whatever reason, it is cause for celebration.

A pox on both your houses.

Unknown said...

Things are looking good when the most politically expedient move is to go independent.

avk said...

I didn't mean to say throw in with Bloomberg, I meant throw in with whomever doesn't have a -D or -R by their names.

Go Green.
Go Libertarian.
Go Whig.
Hell, vote for Pat Buchannan.

None of them might win, but we might keep 50% + 1 entertainingly out of the Big Two's reach for a while.

Hose Juan said...

I don't disagree with going outside the D or R parties. Just not with Bloomberg who is as much a politician as any "official" party member. Just because he thinks it's expedient to step outside the two major parties for electability doesn't mean he's not selling that same old snake oil.

Give me someone who is leaving because they're truly fed up with party politics. Not a guy with a history of jumping to improve his chances.

Unknown said...

Geoff, I think the good news is that there's the potential for Bloomberg to be the first rat of many off the sinking 2-party ship. Maybe they'll bring a couple non-vermin with them.

w1ndst0rm said...

I'm not looking for a reformed third option. I want a new untainted by the beltway third option.

avk said...

Hose- It's like you didn't read the article I linked.

Tim- They're out there. Go find them. The Greens have yet to send someone to Washington. The Libertarians just have a few congressmen from Arizona and California. I'm pretty sure the American Communist Party hasn't sent anyone anywhere.

The Minnesota Independence Party hasn't ever mounted a presidential campaign, but maybe that's because they don't play so well outside of Minnesota. But, hell, vote for them anyway.

Hose Juan said...

Well, I have read the article you linked and my opinion is not different from prior to reading it.

BTW, I actually am a registered member of the Independence party so thanks for pimping it. :)

cardinal23 said...

You're a registered member of the Independence Party, Hose? I seem to remember you sneering at me when I said I voted for Jesse, when did you come around?

Hose Juan said...

The sneer was because I didn't think much of Jesse, not because I didn't like the Independence party.

avk said...

You didn't read the article I linked, unless you learned German since we last spoke.

I was just looking for the barest excuse to write "you must not have read the article."

I guess it was too far to go for too small a joke. Tim understands.

Hose Juan said...

What? There is a link to an English version on the site. So I actually read the translated article.

andrew said...

I don't know if we will see as many people totally ditch the 2 major parties as we will see people moving back and forth

avk said...

...unless we convince them it's a really good idea, which was the whole point in the first place!

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