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	<title>Comments on: Party of One</title>
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		<title>By: Chance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 23:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry Travis but, this is more a response to Leah more than your &quot;party of one&quot;. 

So anyways, I find it hard to watch CNN and/or any news network because of the so-called &quot;analyst&quot;. I assume to be a political analyst you would probably have taken some political science courses in your time. And if you have then you couldn&#039;t possibly be either Democrat or a Republican. The two-party system isn&#039;t flawed, its the way its carried out. Recently Ron Paul R-Texas, wasn&#039;t allowed on stage at a Republican Party Presidential Debate. The facts could be argued, but I believe it was because Ron Paul doesn&#039;t vote down party lines, nor does he represent the moderate GOP. The two party system weeds out many but in doing so leaves others out to dry. The good ones in my opinion. If only certain ppl can have a voice in a debate its not a true debate. And definitly not a democracy. Obviously if Mr. Paul couldn&#039;t make it on stage then he cant let his message be heard. The GOP members in Washington decide what the party stands for. They decide who runs in primarys and they decided who gets to debate before certain important primarys. If a cenario played out where Ron Paul and John McCain had a town hall debate right before the most important primary of the election the majority of the registared GOP members would probably vote between the two canidates. This leads back to having all primaries on one day throughout the country. Of course this discussion could include modern media&#039;s role in government and definitly in politics. I&#039;m not big on conspiracy theories, but it seems as though the two parties will get who they want nominated no matter the issues or topics at hand. But, I dont believe that all blame should be placed on political leaders or the media. People are sheep and tend not to use their own brains.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry Travis but, this is more a response to Leah more than your &#8220;party of one&#8221;. </p>
<p>So anyways, I find it hard to watch CNN and/or any news network because of the so-called &#8220;analyst&#8221;. I assume to be a political analyst you would probably have taken some political science courses in your time. And if you have then you couldn&#8217;t possibly be either Democrat or a Republican. The two-party system isn&#8217;t flawed, its the way its carried out. Recently Ron Paul R-Texas, wasn&#8217;t allowed on stage at a Republican Party Presidential Debate. The facts could be argued, but I believe it was because Ron Paul doesn&#8217;t vote down party lines, nor does he represent the moderate GOP. The two party system weeds out many but in doing so leaves others out to dry. The good ones in my opinion. If only certain ppl can have a voice in a debate its not a true debate. And definitly not a democracy. Obviously if Mr. Paul couldn&#8217;t make it on stage then he cant let his message be heard. The GOP members in Washington decide what the party stands for. They decide who runs in primarys and they decided who gets to debate before certain important primarys. If a cenario played out where Ron Paul and John McCain had a town hall debate right before the most important primary of the election the majority of the registared GOP members would probably vote between the two canidates. This leads back to having all primaries on one day throughout the country. Of course this discussion could include modern media&#8217;s role in government and definitly in politics. I&#8217;m not big on conspiracy theories, but it seems as though the two parties will get who they want nominated no matter the issues or topics at hand. But, I dont believe that all blame should be placed on political leaders or the media. People are sheep and tend not to use their own brains.</p>
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		<title>By: Leah</title>
		<link>http://travisthornton.net/2009/05/08/party-of-none/comment-page-1/#comment-845</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 20:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you again! Yours is the only political blog I read because I feel so disenfranchised by both parties and the whole two-party system. I feel I&#039;ve been made to be ashamed to have ever voted Republican but could never identify with the Democratic party. I&#039;m overwhelmed by the emotional attacks and lack of identification with the right wing who don&#039;t want to be the Right Wing.
So..
yeah.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you again! Yours is the only political blog I read because I feel so disenfranchised by both parties and the whole two-party system. I feel I&#8217;ve been made to be ashamed to have ever voted Republican but could never identify with the Democratic party. I&#8217;m overwhelmed by the emotional attacks and lack of identification with the right wing who don&#8217;t want to be the Right Wing.<br />
So..<br />
yeah.</p>
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