George Washington didn’t kick and scream for another term. Being new to the colonists that just became Americans, they were unsure and voted George Washington for a second time, who left after that second term, being the most amazing thing in many people’s eyes. And if I am wrong on this, sorry, but it was also the way you approached on the “kicking and screaming” since I could not imagine that.

And another thing, that I thought should be added. George Washington did say not to get involved with other countries (Not saying if I do or do not support the war in Iraq). If that was said, I am sorry for repetition, for I did not see anything that had said so.

This is mostly from prior knowledge from my teachers, lost debates, and even clients (when we chit-chat) that I had received the information. I am sorry if I had ended up being wrong anywhere, though it’s really hard to find a right or wrong answer. If I was wrongly educated, I prefer to simply be corrected with a simple explanation, not argued on a fact.
(heh, and here I am just unsure to press the submit button.)

I have often been saddened seeing billboards for conservative talk radio shows calling demeocrats the enemy.
Agree or disagree, but never should the fellow american be thought of as your enemy.

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On voting…using past failures of implementation is not a sound argument against the concept. Carte blanche voting works when the electorate aren’t deciding based solely on gender or, worse yet, “cause he seems like a guy I can have a beer with”. In any other profession, likability or whatever ridiculous measure (other than success) is short lived. But not in politics. I think that has to change…just my opinion.

I do like your comments, though. The writing doesn’t make sense, call me out on it. Something offends you, call me out on that too.

BTW, I like lawyers a lot. Lawyers help make America great. They can be the ultimate equalizer in our society. But don’t tell me that nearly 40,000 Washington lobbyists (almost all lawyers) for only 535 congress men and women makes sense.

“Kill all the lawyers.” What does this have to do with your argument? You start off talking about lawyers and then you finish talking about lobbyists. If there’s a connection between the two, you didn’t make it very clear. I agree that lobbyists are a bane to our political system, but what’s with the cheap jab at lawyers? Assuming that you’re arguing that lawyers are bad for politics, I have a few rebuttals for you.

First, as an attorney I find this offensive. I work hard to hold up my oath to defend the Constitution and to bring justice. And guess what? Most attorneys do take their job in exercising justice seriously. Unfortunately, we only hear about the bad examples.

Second, the argument that lawyers ruin politics is crap. We should be thankful we have lawyers. Remember the election of 2000? In most countries in the world there would have been armed conflict. Just watch the news and see what happens in other countries when there’s a contested election. It’s chaos! I think it’s a testament to America that instead of calling in the army, we call in lawyers to settle an election civilly and without bloodshed.

Third, lawyers write better law. Representatives who don’t have any legal training write bad laws. Most litigation arises because a statute or ordinance was poorly written or the author didn’t take into account the legal ramifications of the statute. Reps with legal training can take this into account when writing or analyzing new law.

“Make voting a right, not a privilege.” Okay, but why? You didn’t make this very clear. Just some vague reference to national security being different. How does making voting a privilege bolster your “Attack plan” against political parties? Also, how do you suggest making voting a privilege? Our country has already tried that with undemocratic results (allowing only white, male, property owners to vote; establishing tests before a citizen can vote, etc.)

NO KIDDING.

I also don’t understand why you have to elect ‘teams’. Why you can’t you vote for the President and VP separately?

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