99+% of U.S. voters never voted for pelosi or mcconnell

• kentucky's mcconnell got 806,787 votes in his last election (2014). 
• california's 12th congressional district representative pelosi got 275,292 votes in her last election (2018). 
• approximately 138,847,000 voters voted in the 2016 presidential election. 

• 806,787/138,847,000 = 0.00581
• 275,292/138,847,000 = 0.00198

granted that in a national election, mcconnell and pelosi would get some votes outside their respective kentucky and san francisco, but enough to win a national election? no way. yet, speaker of the house and senate majority leader are major players in our national government. two powerful old timers misrepresenting the vast majority of us. 

enough already!

have you had enough? to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for  republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents. 

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voting for a republican or a democrat is a vote for their party. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIAJl-wZElg

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even with their billion dollar donors, if voters don't vote for republicans and democrats, then the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die.

once the republican and democratic parties are gone, and lobbyists are rendered powerless, then much-needed changes to the constitution can be made--like "no taxation without representation", a.k.a. powerful national politicians (e.g. pelosi, mcconnell, etc.) that 99+ percent of americans didn't vote for.

hopefully, some day, when the republican party, the democratic party, antiquated party rules and lobbyists are gone, and the constitution has been amended, then we'll be able to vote for leaders who will try to make our country better rather than throw rocks at each other.

nothing will be better for our country. 

File:Two party system diagram.png - Wikimedia Commons

the same goes for the news media--stop patronizing biased news media that lobby for the republican and democratic parties instead of reporting the news factually and truthfully. they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA. 

disgusted with politics

democrats, republicans, pelosi, trump, schumer, mcconnell, congress, impeachment, nra, national debt, political campaigns, politicians in general, debates, rhetoric, news media, cnn, fox news, talking heads, ... 

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enough already!

have you had enough? to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for  republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents. 

image by Democracy Chronicles

two party system | See the article "Two Parties See Record L… | Flickr

voting for a republican or a democrat is a vote for their party. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIAJl-wZElg

File:Godfather puppetmaster.jpg - Wikipedia

public domain

even with their billion dollar donors, if voters don't vote for republicans and democrats, then the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die.

once the republican and democratic parties are gone, and lobbyists are rendered powerless, then much-needed changes to the constitution can be made--like "no taxation without representation", a.k.a. powerful national politicians (e.g. pelosi, mcconnell, etc.) that 99+ percent of americans didn't vote for.

hopefully, some day, when the republican party, the democratic party, antiquated party rules and lobbyists are gone, and the constitution has been amended, then we'll be able to vote for leaders who will try to make our country better rather than throw rocks at each other.

nothing will be better for our country. 

File:Two party system diagram.png - Wikimedia Commons

the same goes for the news media--stop patronizing biased news media that lobby for the republican and democratic parties instead of reporting the news factually and truthfully. they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA. 

please, santa, all I want for christmas is no trump, no pelosi, no republicans and no democrats

no sane person would argue that speaker of the house and senate majority leader aren't two of the most powerful positions in the federal government. how representative of the american people are two national politicians that 99+ percent of americans didn't vote for? in a democracy? 

• kentucky's mcconnell got 806,787 votes in his last election (2014). 
• california's 12th congressional district representative pelosi got 275,292 votes in her last election (2018). 
• approximately 138,847,000 voters voted in the 2016 presidential election. 

• 806,787/138,847,000 = 0.00581
• 275,292/138,847,000 = 0.00198

granted that in a national election, mcconnell and pelosi would get some votes outside their respective kentucky and san francisco, but enough to win a national election? 
NO WAY!!! 

pelosi and mcconnell were elected to represent the voters in their state/district. yet, speaker of the house and senate majority leader are major players in our national government. two powerful old timers misrepresenting the vast majority of us. some democracy. needless to say, national leaders should be elected nationally. 

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had enough? 

who do you trust?
   - the republican and democratic parties that are financed by billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with the candidates for public office? 
   - biased news media?

to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for  republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents. 

image by Democracy Chronicles

two party system | See the article "Two Parties See Record L… | Flickr

voting for a republican or a democrat is a vote for their party. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIAJl-wZElg

File:Godfather puppetmaster.jpg - Wikipedia

public domain

even with their billion dollar donors, if voters don't vote for republicans and democrats, then the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die.

once the republican and democratic parties are gone, and lobbyists are rendered powerless, then much-needed changes to the constitution can be made--like "no taxation without representation", a.k.a. powerful national politicians that 99+ percent of americans didn't vote for.

in the next election--national, state or local--vote for your local (state/county) representatives. hopefully, some day, when the republican party, the democratic party, antiquated party rules and lobbyists are gone, and the constitution has been amended, then we'll ALL be able to vote for our national leaders.

nothing will be better for our country. 

File:Two party system diagram.png - Wikimedia Commons

the same goes for the news media--stop patronizing biased news media that lobby for the republican and democratic parties instead of reporting the news factually and truthfully. they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA. 

our nation is defined by the personal qualities of its people and its leaders

a quality is a distinctive attribute or characteristic possessed by someone(s) or something(s). 

our nation is defined by the personal qualities of its people and its leaders. 

why don't voters more carefully consider the qualities of the people that they elect to represent them and our nation?

beats me.

had enough? 

who do you trust?
   - the republican and democratic parties that are financed by billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with the candidates for public office? 
   - biased news media?

to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for  republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents. 

image by Democracy Chronicles

two party system | See the article "Two Parties See Record L… | Flickr

voting for a republican or a democrat is a vote for their party. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIAJl-wZElg

File:Godfather puppetmaster.jpg - Wikipedia

public domain

even with their billion dollar donors, if voters don't vote for republicans and democrats, then the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die.

in the next election--national, state or local--vote for someone who has the qualities that you want for yourself and for your country.

nothing will be better for our country. 

File:Two party system diagram.png - Wikimedia Commons

the same goes for the news media--stop patronizing biased news media that lobby for the republican and democratic parties instead of reporting the news factually and truthfully. they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA. 

recipe for a divided country

ingredients 
1 constitution
1 house of representatives
1 senate
2 political parties
politicians w/o term limits 
party rules

preparation 
1. sort the house politicians according to party
2.  sort the house politicians according to age
3. sort the senate politicians according to party
4. sort the senate politicians according to age
5. take the oldest, most partisan, politician from the majority party in the house
6. make them speaker of the house
7. take the oldest, most partisan, politician from the majority party in the senate
8. make them senate majority leader

voila!

a divided country

the oldest, most partisan, majority party politician in the USHOR (who could represent the least populated district of the 435 USHOR districts) now has control over the agenda of the entire USHOR.

and, the oldest, most partisan, majority party politician in the senate (who could represent the least populated state of our 50 states) now has control over the agenda of the entire US Senate.

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had enough? 

who do you trust?
the republican and democratic parties that are financed by billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with the candidates for public office? 

image by Democracy Chronicles

two party system | See the article "Two Parties See Record L… | Flickr

   
   - biased news media?

to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for  republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents. 

voting for a republican or a democrat is a vote for their party. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIAJl-wZElg

File:Godfather puppetmaster.jpg - Wikipedia

public domain

in the next election--national, state or local--don't vote republicans or democrats. even with their billion dollar donors, if voters don't vote for republicans and democrats, then the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die.

nothing will be better for our country. 

File:Two party system diagram.png - Wikimedia Commons

the same goes for the news media--stop patronizing biased news media that lobby for the republican and democratic parties instead of reporting the news factually and truthfully. they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA. 

could pelosi or mcconnell survive a national election? an argument for term limits

NO WAY!!! 

• kentucky's mcconnell got 806,787 votes in his last election (2014). 
• california's 12th congressional district representative pelosi got 275,292 votes in her last election (2018). 
• approximately 138,847,000 voters voted in the 2016 presidential election. 

• 806,787/138,847,000 = 0.00581
• 275,292/138,847,000 = 0.00198

granted that in a national election, mcconnell and pelosi would get some votes outside their respective kentucky and san francisco, but enough to win a national election? NO WAY!!! yet, speaker of the house and senate majority leader are major players in our national government. two powerful old timers misrepresenting the vast majority of us.

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NPR poll: Americans overwhelmingly say impeachment hearings won't change their minds

Impeachment Inquiry: Most Americans Say Hearings Won't Change Their Minds : NPR  


nothing new or surprising here. democrat or republican, liberal or conservative, left or right, the country is so polarized now that "never the two shall meet". ... how can we fix this mess? if voters to stop voting for democrats and republicans, then even with their billion dollar PACs and lobbyists and their billion dollar donors, the democratic and republican parties will cease to exist if no one votes for their candidates. George Washington had it right about political parties. nothing will be better for our country than to end our "two-party system" of government.

the good, the bad & the ugly: we need new George Washington style representatives in government 

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had enough? 

who do you trust?
   - george washington?
   - trump, nunes & friends?  
   - pelosi, schiff & friends?

   - the republican and democratic parties that are financed by billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with the candidates for public office? 

image by Democracy Chronicles

two party system | See the article "Two Parties See Record L… | Flickr

   
   - biased news media?

to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for  republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents. 

voting for a republican or a democrat is a vote for their party. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIAJl-wZElg

File:Godfather puppetmaster.jpg - Wikipedia

public domain

in the next election--national, state or local--don't vote republicans or democrats. vote for someone who isn't an ignorant partisan hack. even with their billion dollar donors, if voters don't vote for republicans and democrats, then the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die.

nothing will be better for our country. 

File:Two party system diagram.png - Wikimedia Commons

the same goes for the news media--stop patronizing biased news media that lobby for the republican and democratic parties instead of reporting the news factually and truthfully. they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA. 

the photo says it all

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Trump impeachment hearing, Day 1: The battle lines are drawn - AOL News


the photo says it all. the federal govt. is broken--it has been for a LONG time. time to listen to George Washington (the good, the bad & the ugly: the wrong stuff) and get rid of our 2-party system of govt.--it's EASY--STOP voting for republicans AND democrats.

had enough? 

who do you trust?
   - trump, nunes & friends?  
   - pelosi, schiff & friends?

   - the republican and democratic parties that are financed by billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with the candidates for public office? 

image by Democracy Chronicles

two party system | See the article "Two Parties See Record L… | Flickr

   
   - biased news media?

to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for  republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents. 

voting for a republican or a democrat is a vote for their party. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIAJl-wZElg

File:Godfather puppetmaster.jpg - Wikipedia

public domain

in the next election--national, state or local--don't vote republicans or democrats who have the wrong stuff. vote for someone who has the right stuff. even with their billion dollar donors, if voters don't vote for republicans and democrats, then the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die.

nothing will be better for our country. 

File:Two party system diagram.png - Wikimedia Commons

the same goes for the news media--stop patronizing biased news media that lobby for the republican and democratic parties instead of reporting the news factually and truthfully. they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA. 

should athletes be compelled to participate in political activities?

'I just can't do it.' Nationals closer Sean Doolittle declines White House visit | WJLA 

should athletes be compelled to participate in political activities? no more than ordinary citizens should be compelled to participate in political activities. 

commies

Russia 'Sovereign Internet' Law Gives Kremlin Sweeping Control Over Web : NPR 

the commies use the internet to interfere in our elections while squelching freedom in their own country. isn't that just like commies?

THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE SECRET MISSION TO SEIZE NAZI MAP DATA

The Untold Story of the Secret Mission to Seize Nazi Map Data | History | Smithsonian

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General James Mattis: "I earned my spurs on the battlefield. Donald Trump earned his spurs in a letter from a doctor."

General Mattis speech: Jim Mattis fires back at President Trump for "overrated" insult, says he's in same company as Meryl Streep at Al Smith dinner - CBS News 

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Gen. Mattis, please allow us to draft you for POTUS. I know that you don't want this job, but your country needs you. we need your leadership, integrity and wisdom. with good people around you, you can serve your country as POTUS in your pajamas from your bedroom. we have the technology. people work, do their banking, etc. from home every day. top secret security work is being done every day from remote locations. since you will have good people around you, we'd only bother you for those BIG decisions that only POTUS can make. you won't have to live and work in the swamp that is washington, dc. the rest of the time is yours--go hunting or fishing, travel, read a good book, eat jelly beans from a jar, etc. from anywhere you want. we know that you don't want to be POTUS, but, you have to admit that $400K/yr. for a part time job isn't bad. 🙂 

in addition to proven leadership, integrity and wisdom, he's spent his life serving (instead of dodging) his country--making a relatively modest salary in doing so. he isn't a megalomaniac, narcissist or misogynist--he respects others--including women. he seems to have all of the qualities that one would expect in POTUS. best of all, he's not a professional politician.

the wrong stuff

George Washington was a man of integrity who wanted above all else to be seen as a man motivated by the public good and not personal ambitions. His profound integrity in serving the public was the reason people entrusted him with power during the Revolutionary War and the first presidency.

He worked hard to make sure that political differences were addressed through dialogue, not hate and bitterness. On several occasions, he wrote letters to his Cabinet members to stop their in-fighting and quell their party spirit. Washington told Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, “How unfortunate, and how much is it to be regretted then . . . that internal dissensions should be harrowing and tearing our vitals.” The president wished Jefferson and others to have “more charity” for other opinions and a sense of their own fallibility. He dressed down Alexander Hamilton, telling the Secretary of the Treasury that “differences in political opinions” are expected but should not lead to so much discord.

The Bill of Rights Institute 

the right stuff

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the wrong stuff

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had enough? 

who do you trust?
   - trump & friends?  
   - pelosi & friends?

   - the republican and democratic parties that are financed by billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with the candidates for public office? 

image by Democracy Chronicles

two party system | See the article "Two Parties See Record L… | Flickr

   
   - biased news media?

to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for  republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents. 

voting for a republican or a democrat is a vote for their party. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIAJl-wZElg

File:Godfather puppetmaster.jpg - Wikipedia

public domain

in the next election--national, state or local--don't vote republicans or democrats who have the wrong stuff. vote for someone who has the right stuff. even with their billion dollar donors, if voters don't vote for republicans and democrats, then the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die.

nothing will be better for our country. 

File:Two party system diagram.png - Wikimedia Commons

the same goes for the news media--stop patronizing biased news media that lobby for the republican and democratic parties instead of reporting the news factually and truthfully. they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA. 

good and evil

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Chief Master Sgt. John Gebhardt cradles a young Iraqi girl as they both sleep in the hospital. The girl's entire family was executed by insurgents. The killers shot her in the head but she survived. The girl received treatment at the U.S. military hospital in Balad, but cries often. According to nurses at the facility, Chief Gebhardt is the only one who can calm down the girl, so he holds her at night while they both sleep in a chair. Chief Gebhardt was assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group at Balad Air Base, Iraq.

Humble chief gains national attention > U.S. Air Force > Article Display

abrasive, arrogant, obnoxious... it just goes to show that the two-party system doesn't provide enough good candidates for public office

'Make the time, or quit': Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez demands lawmakers read the bombshell 9-page whistleblower report - AOL News  

trump and AOC are two peas in a pod from the same neck of the woods--abrasive, arrogant, obnoxious...

and, they aren't the only ones...

had enough?

who do you trust? 
   - republicans?
   - democrats?

   - the republican and democratic parties that are financed by billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with candidates for public office? 

image by Democracy Chronicles

two party system | See the article "Two Parties See Record L… | Flickr

   - lobbyists?
   - biased news media?
   - or yourself?

to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for  republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents. 

voting for a republican or a democrat is a vote for their party. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIAJl-wZElg

File:Godfather puppetmaster.jpg - Wikipedia

public domain

in the next election--national, state or local--don't vote for a republican or a democrat. their party has failed us. vote for someone who can get the job done.  even with their billion dollar donors, if voters don't vote for republicans and democrats, then the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die.

nothing will be better for our country than ridding it of the republican and democratic parties.

File:Two party system diagram.png - Wikimedia Commons

the same goes for the news media--stop patronizing biased news media that shamelessly distort the truth. they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA.