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At the last county convention, the rules were consistently broken by incumbants while the party "leaders" looked the other way.
For a people that believe so much in freedom and the right to vote, it's outrageous that we allow the Republic Party kingpins to select our "elected" officials.
Maybe it's time for a Tea Party at Utah Lake.
I voted for Nader and I would do it again because he has no one pulling his strings, he pays for things himself. Ron Paul wants to get rid of income tax, and have federal sales tax instead which is the only fair way to tax anyway. The more you spend th emor e you pay. No tax write offs to protect the mega rich. H as anyonr asked themslves why there is tax returns? It is way to tax twice. If it was fair you would pay taxes and be done. The party system should be outlawed as the gangster it is. People should have to learn about everyone they are going to vote for. Use our minds instead of platforms.
The bottom line in Utah Republican Politics is that those with the money make the rules. The Huntman's, Cannon's, Price's, Mr. Mac,et. al. run the show. You go to the Salt Lake County Lincoln day dinner and if you are rich, no one will talk to you. Once they find out you are a regular Joe, you get ignored.
You can bet that when Mr. Mac says jump, Orrin Hatch says how high.
All the grass roots need to rise up and throw these people out of office both as elected officials, and party officials. They will not listen to the common man because the common man has nothing to give them (money).
I get sick and tired of the elected Republicans running as Conservatives and governing as Liberals. I want my taxes lower, I want the government to quit supporting everyone, I want those who got into stupid home loans forclosed on if they can't pay, I want "green" inititives trashed.
I WANT MY PARTY BACK!!!!! By the way, I always go to my party caucus.
America had it's chance, they failed the IQ test and now they deserve whatever fate is in store.
It's people and things in Utah like these that keep the gentiles (anti's) in Utah "persecuting" the chosen ones.
Another example for disbeleiving the Christen claim.
Lets change the party rules!
but you are right, support for Paul probably is a function of IQ
If Ron is the cure I'd rather have the disease
Same as it ever was.
The Libertarian, Constitution, and yes, even the Democratic Party, welcome former Republicans tired of loyalty being placed above common sense by people more concerned with maintaining their positions than in doing what is right.
Witness North Carolina a few years ago. The Democrats just barely lost control of the state house, 61-59. What did the sitting Democratic speaker do? He literally bribed a recently elected Republican to switch parties, resulting in the Democrats keeping control.
These guys are sleazebags.
Nathanial Ashby
Libertarian trying to oust Mrs. Lockhart
Petersen in Utah County will be a great alternative. The man's practically a Republican as it is.
That said, they DO have a place. They can influence the platforms of the Dems and Repubs if they have any kind of following at all. Vetterli in the book Mormonism, Americanism, and Politics theorizes that Joseph Smith's candidacy was an effort to do just that. And he uses the likes of G. Homer Durham to support his theory.
They may not win, but they do get noticed.
(Party-switchers like Lieberman don't count.)
And then people wonder why the crooks get into power. Anybody else gets smeared, discredited, arrested, etc. if they stand up to the crooks and point out what they're doing.
BBKing, you were making sense right up to that point. Somehow you're buying into the crooks' mantra.
We've heard all about "Mike R. did something, but don't know what, so it's ok to not like him or what he does." We've heard all about "Nancy Lord tries to run the GOP all by herself."
HAVE ANY OF YOU ACTUALLY LISTENED TO THE CONTENT OF WHAT THESE GOOD PEOPLE ARE SAYING??
When we lived in a certain of Wyoming, we'd see the crooks running the town all week with their blatant criminal behavior, and then they'd be in church on Sunday, pretending to be good Christians. We asked a church leader how that works. He replied, "They have everything compartmentalized. What they do on Sunday, and what they do during the week are two different things. And Heaven help the person who points that out, they get crushed."
As for the rest of us: even stauch Republicans would do well to look into Democratic candidate Claralyn Hill. Party lines aren't as hard at the local level and if we want honesty and fairness in Utah politics we have to look for the honest and fair politicians, whichever party they come from.
As soon as we put goodness first in politics, we'll get better politics. As long as party affiliation is the way we vote, we'll see people fight tooth and nail, by any means necessary, for control within the dominant party.
They have no idea what it says
One is no law can be made to change it
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You can not abridge the peoples right to vote
The entire State, Every City in Utah is abridging the Peoples right to vote
Example
Sewers
The Council is in a Federal violation of the Constitution when they vote for the people.
Getting money from the State is Illegal if the people do not vote for it.
Judges up and down the State are Violating peoples rights to a fair trial
No jury trials
Just prosecutions and Criminal Charges
The Cops are Criminals as well
'this is when we attack' 'this is where our weapons are' 'this is our weapons research and capabilities as a military to defend ourselves' 'this is what we are placing as our defense'
This should amount to the military planning sessions closed and all others open.
Whether the War is legit or not is NOT a legitimate closed door session. ANY, I will repeat this... ANY financial or business related session is NOT a legitimate closed door session.
Our government LOVES closed sessions and the people should only be allowing FEW of them.
The more secret meetings, the more power is lost. And eventually people will wake up to their awful state. I will have been ready for it because I think we've been in it for a while. So many people don't even acknowledge the possibility of the U.S. having this happen it boggles my mind.
LDS perspective is 'God had reason for the U.S.' (More that good people will inherit this land) But only so long as we are good. It's not a calling-and-election-made-sure.
The Republican Party is as Corrupt as the Democrat. Give up parties. Support principals.
I don't believe the caucus process is stacked against moderates, it's just moderates won't get off their butt's and show up the the caucuses. Most people I talk to don't even understand how the system works. I didn't.
I think the Constitution Party is good in principle, but what it actually does is splits off all the good Republicans into a third party and leaves the corrupt people in power.
How are you going to get your message out when Michael Powell got rid of the equal access laws to the media? It would take people in the Constitution Party going door to door in every precinct to get the message out. The majority of people still probably won't vote Constitution because they're worried a Democrat will get in.
The Republican Party is spending us into an economic collapse--watch iraqforsale.org--and people are going to keep voting Republican. Please stop abandoning the party, and get in there and clean it up. You can't fix it from the outside. How many Constitution Party candidates have won in Utah?
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