Tired Of Only 2 Partys Governing ? . . . Who Wants To Join A New Party. . .The Garden Party ?

Question

I went to a garden party. . to reminisce with my old friends
A chance to share old memories. . and play our songs again
When I got to the garden party. . they all knew my name
No one recognized me. . I didn't look the same

But it's. . .alright now. . . . I learned my lesson well
You see ya can't pleeeease everyone. . so ya. . got to please yourself
Played them all the old songs. . . thought that's why they came
No one heard the music. . we didn't look the same
I said Hello. . to Marylou. . she belongs to me
When I sang a song about a honky-tonk. . it was time to leave

But it's . . alright now. . . .I learned my lesson well
You see ya can't pleeeease everyone
So ya. . got to please yourself

Are you happy with your 'party' or would you like to see another party take the reins ?

Answer 1

Actually, there may be reasons why two parties are better than more. It ensures that each party has broad appeal and that we don't have "fragmented" government. If we had three or four parties, we might have a president elected with, say, 35% of the people voting for him or her, and 65% against. That's not good. Two parties force all the opposition to the current leader to work together, which might be beneficial.

The problem is not the number of parties, but the character of the two we have. Not that they are fighting, but that they agree on too damn much! They are seen as both being entrenched and responsive to their big donors and the extreme groups at their bases, and not representing the broader public at large.

Maybe what we need is not a third party, but a "peaceful coup" in one or both of the existing ones. I fear that starting a third party without addressing exactly what turns people off about our existing ones will just be a case of "meet the new boss . . . same as the old boss," as the song says.

Actually, I was only going to reply to thank you for reminding me of that song. It's a true story - Rick(y) Nelson went to perform at an oldies concert, but he was performing a different kind of music by then and was booed off the stage. Great tune!

I love the musical interludes, even if I don't have responses to them. :)

Answer 2

Earnest T ... Another great question. I don't care if there are TEN political parties with a hundred different candidates on the presidential ballot. However, there is one change I'd like to see: The winner must have earned more than 50% of the vote in addition to the electoral college requirement. If the first round of balloting results in anything less, they should have a run-off to determine the clear winner.

Part of the reason why Clinton suffered so much was because of his personal high jinks AND because he never obtained that important milestone, the 50% mark. That "cloud" hung over his presidency for the entire eight years.

Yes, I know this would require an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, but I think it would be a worthwhile change.

Just my two cents worth.

Answer 3

A new party might be a nice idea for now, but I think pretty much ALL politicians are scandalous and shady in some way. If this new party accomplishes some good now, that's fine...but I don't think it would last. They'd give into the corruption sooner or later because we lack the morals and values needed to keep that from happening, unfortunately.

Answer 4

I had to search far and wide for this answer!!
But...I'll think you'll get a kick out of it!

"Paranoia blooms when a thuggish cult gains control of the government.

They came in under the radar
When our backs were turned around
In a fleet of Lincoln Town Cars
They rolled into our town
Confounded all six senses
Like an opiate in the brain
Mary shut the garden door
Looks a lot like rain"

Answer 5

I'll pass on the Garden Party. If you take a step back you will realize that, for the most part, the current parties illustrate the difference between people. Although we cannot be characterized, I believe people are either fundamentally conservative, liberal, or a hybrid of both.

Answer 6

Why Fraz? Was the Dean planning on forming a new party with all he had solicited? The Dean and his Wife or First Lady?

I'm sure you'd have plenty of takers.

You could then make your national campaign song:

when you can't be with the one you love, Love the one your with ...

See ya around!

Answer 7

It's got to be better than it has been. And just like the NFL got better? When the AFL joined `em? I think we could sure use a breath of fresh air in Washington. Those Blow-Hards are just so out of touch with real America.

Answer 8

I'm for an American Rhinoceros Party (Now reborn as the NeoRhinos!). Our platform is:
* repealing the law of gravity,
* reducing the speed of light because it's much too fast,
* paving Nebraska to create the world's largest parking lot,
* providing higher education by building taller schools,
* instituting English, Spanish, and illiteracy as the US's three official languages,
* offering to retrain those constituents who want to become illiterate by enrolling them in a state educational institution,
* legalizing pot. And pans. And spatulas. And other kitchen utensils,
* making all sidewalks out of rubber to prevent inebriated people from hurting themselves when they fall down
* abolishing pumping oil out of the ground as that oil is there to keep the earth moving smoothly on its axis and if you withdraw the oil, the whole thing will grind to a halt,
* abolishing the environment because it's too hard to keep clean and it takes up so much space,
* annexing Mexico, which would take its place as the 51st state, so we could get plenty of cheap margaritas
* replacing the US Army with clones of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sly Stallone,
* end crime by abolishing all laws
* Demolishing the Rockies and using the resulting gravel to make a national nature trail
* breeding a mosquito that would only hatch in January so that "the little buggers will freeze to death",
* as an energy-saving idea, putting larger wheels on the back of all cars so that they will always be going downhill,
* putting the national debt on Visa (think of all the frequent flyer miles!),
* declaring war on Belgium because a Belgian cartoon character, Tintin, killed a rhinoceros in one of the cartoons,
* offering to call off the proposed Belgium-US war if Belgium delivered a case of mussels and a case of Belgian beer to Rhinoceros "Hindquarters"
* painting the US's coastal sea limits so that US fish would know where they were at all times,
* counting the Thousand Islands to make sure none were missing,
* exploiting acid rain as an electrical energy source by placing dissimilar-metal electrodes in Californian swimming pools in order to use them as batteries,
* making Americans stronger by putting steroids in the water,
* annexing Greenland and creating a cartel with other northern nations in order to sell icebergs to the Saudis; the cartel would be called "Snopec",
* include the word "fun" in Acts of Congress, from which it was apparently conspicuously absent.

Answer 9

I knew Ricky Nelson would come up here. That would be great especially since spring is coming here in Southern New England.

Answer 10

It depends Ernest. What are they growing in this garden? THC?

Personally I think the Federalist party needs to make a comeback. :-)