Ideas, Opinions, Genealogy, and Book Reviews
Benjamin Franklin was asked after the Constitutional Convention what type of government we would have. He replied “A Republic, if you can keep it.” Back in 2018 I posed the same question ‘ “Can we keep our republic ?”.
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I have often thought that our representatives in both the House and the Senate should think independently about the good of the American people and the good of the county when voting (see More RINOs and DINOs needed). Our 2 political parties have become too powerful. The uncompromising party loyalty is the problem.
I had thought the answer was to elect more independents. But the recent appearance of the Forward Party suggests a possibility I had not considered. Independents often have a hard time being elected because of lack of logistic and financial party support. Here there is party support and no pressure to conform to an ideology.
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A few weeks ago I wrote about Matt Castelli, a candidate for the NY-21 seat in the House of Representatives currently held by Elise Stefanik. Today I get an email from Matt Castelli’s campaign that he has agreed to a series of debates but Elise Stefanik refuses to debate him. It seems to be true according to the Watertown Daily Times.
I think a debate is the best way for voters to learn about the candidates. Each can get some information out without a debate via ads, appearances, website, etc. But in those formats the opponent doesn’t get a chance to ask about details or present an alternative view.
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As unlikely as it seems this former Republican, now an Independent and third party candidate for the U.S. Senate, has been endorsed by the Democratic party. He is Evan McMullin , a former undercover CIA officer ,a conservative, and former chief policy director in Congress. If the name is familiar, you may have heard in in 2016 when he ran for president in 2016 as an independent.
A profile by Jennifer Rubin starts like this – Continue reading “Evan McMullin, third party candidate for the U.S. Senate”
I cannot vote for Matt Castelli. He is a moderate and puts his country before any political party.
This is in contrast to his opponent Elise Stefanik.
Continue reading “Vote: In with Matt Castelli, out with Elise Stefanik”