Cynthia Mckinney running for Green Party nomination for President

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ColdBlooded

ColdBlooded

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ColdBlooded

ColdBlooded

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A former six-term Member of Congress from Georgia, Cynthia McKinney proved herself a courageous voice for the voiceless, unafraid to speak truth to power. Cynthia's Power to the People Committee is working to put Cynthia on fifty-one ballot lines!

Cynthia:

* Consistently opposed funding for bloated military and secret intelligence budgets;

* Introduced Articles of Impeachment for George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Condoleezza Rice;

* Introduced, championed, and passed in the U.S. House the Arms Trade Code of Conduct, prohibiting the sale of arms to known human rights abusers;

* Authored legislation to end the use of depleted uranium weapons;

* Passed legislation to extend health benefits for Vietnam War veterans still suffering the health effects from exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange;

* Challenged Pentagon Secretary Rumsfeld and Chairman Myers of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the $2.3 trillion missing Pentagon money and on U.S.-sponsored war games taking place on September 11, 2001;

* Currently serves on (a) International Tribunal on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, (b) Brussels Tribunal on Iraq, (c) is participating in War Crimes prosecutions in Spain, and (d) is working with the Malaysian Peace Organization to criminalize war;

* Introduced legislation to eliminate federal subsidies for corporations taking jobs overseas.

Cynthia was never afraid to introduce legislation that showed her moral compass and where she felt our country ought to be. In that regard, after the tragedy of September 11th, 2001, Cynthia introduced legislation that would allow the survivors of the tragedy's victims to sue those responsible for the attacks as well as participate in the Victims Compensation Fund. She introduced legislation to establish a national living wage and she also introduced legislation to repeal the Military Tribunals Act. Her signature environmental piece of legislation was the National Forest Protection and Restoration Act which would have provided much-needed jobs and revenues for the restoration and protection of America's national forests. McKinney successfully authorized the USDA disparity study that demonstrated USDA discrimination against minority farmers. McKinney, like so many Americans, has long held Green values. McKinney is now proudly a Green.
 
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Some Random Asshole
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Mr. Samos said:
These third parties are hopeless, sorry, let's stick to major parties, thanks.
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How about you go and vote for your Prime Minister and leave the our elections to us?

Let's keep in mind you live in Canada and dont' know as much as you think about the voting system in the United States. There are numerous parties and the only ones that would really get change going, are the parties that are NOT democrat and republican. You seem like a major tool. Very sad indeed.

Those two parties, are the parties that have been in power, NOT changing shit.

I hope there is a God for your sake because if you're really that stupid, you'll need eternal forgiveness.
 
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Jae iLL said:
Fuck a two party system.
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This confuses me. Are you implying fuck the idea of a two party system or are you saying fuck the two party system that we have? Cause, as you would obviously know, we do not have a two party system...that is just what most people think because they are brainless, ignorant, wastes of space.
 
2-0-Sixx

2-0-Sixx

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Yes, we do have a two party system. To think otherwise is pretty ignorant, or naive.

From Wikipedia:

A two-party system is a form of party system where two major political parties dominate voting in nearly all elections. As a result, all, or nearly all, elected offices end up being held by candidates endorsed by the two major parties. Coalition governments occur only rarely in two-party systems, though each party may internally look like a coalition.

Under a two-party system, one of the two parties typically holds a majority in the legislature (or a legislative house in a bicameral system), and is referred to as the majority party. The other party is referred to as the minority party.

Notable examples of countries with "two party systems" include the United States and Jamaica. Some countries that feature weak third or fourth parties, such as the United Kingdom and Australia are often thought of being two party states as well, as actual governance of the country may be dominated by only two parties, with other parties having bases of support that are much smaller or stagnant (or both).​

Further reading:

How it began in the U.S.

America's first President George Washington, did not belong to a political party. This made him America's only independent (not affiliated with a party) president. Most of America's founding fathers were opposed to political parties, and wanted none of them in the U.S.

America's first political party was the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1792. The Federalists favored a strong central government ruled by a wealthy educated elite, a national bank, strong military, treaty with Britain, and fewer rights for states and most citizens. Federalists controlled the government until 1801. George Washington supported many Federalist policies. America's second President John Adams was a member of the Federalist Party.

America's second political party was the Democratic-Republican Party, founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in 1792 in order to oppose the policies of the Federalists. The emergence of the Democratic-Republican Party marked the beginning of the U.S. two-party system. Jefferson was reluctant to create a party because he was opposed to political parties in general because of their power struggles for control of the government, but he felt that founding an opposition party was the best way to protect the rights of citizens from the consolidation of power in the federal government that the Federalists favored. The Democratic-Republican Party opposed the treaty with Britain, defended the Constitution, denounced the national bank, and promoted citizen's and states' rights. It became the dominant political party in the United States from 1800 until the 1820s, when it split into competing factions, one of which became the modern-day Democratic Party.

Therefore, the two party system in the U.S. occurred to prevent one party from gaining too much power, by creating a second party with opposite policies.​
 
Mr. Nice Guy

Mr. Nice Guy

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I AM said:
This confuses me. Are you implying fuck the idea of a two party system or are you saying fuck the two party system that we have? Cause, as you would obviously know, we do not have a two party system...that is just what most people think because they are brainless, ignorant, wastes of space.
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:(:ermm::eek::confused::siccness:
 
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