Rocky – a Bigot?
Mayor Anderson says that Jenny Wilson should stay home and leave politics to the menfolk. The amazing thing is that progressives are shocked that Rocky could have such a bigoted opinion. What??? That’s his whole shtick. People who don’t do things the way he would do them have unacceptable opinions and need to drop out of the conversation.
On the issue of mothers and politics – you go, Jenny W. and any other man or woman who figures he/she has something to offer! We need to encourage more people to serve, not less. Politics is tough and very time consuming. But, I have no idea how Jenny Wilson’s marriage arrangement works; I have no idea how many hours of sleep she needs a night; I have no idea what other commitments she is juggling. But, I’m plenty willing to assume that she knows her situation better than I do, has thought enough about it, and has rightly concluded that she can pull it off.
In any event, Rocky would be a poor judge of how much time the position of mayor really takes. Most of the stuff he spends his time on has absolutely nothing to do with being mayor of Salt Lake City.
On the issue of mothers and politics – you go, Jenny W. and any other man or woman who figures he/she has something to offer! We need to encourage more people to serve, not less. Politics is tough and very time consuming. But, I have no idea how Jenny Wilson’s marriage arrangement works; I have no idea how many hours of sleep she needs a night; I have no idea what other commitments she is juggling. But, I’m plenty willing to assume that she knows her situation better than I do, has thought enough about it, and has rightly concluded that she can pull it off.
In any event, Rocky would be a poor judge of how much time the position of mayor really takes. Most of the stuff he spends his time on has absolutely nothing to do with being mayor of Salt Lake City.
posted by steve u. at 7/12/2007
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Yup, gotta say that I agree wholeheartedly with ya on this one, Steve.
I take it you're not Rocky's biggest fan.
I think you're right that we need more people willing to serve. What can we do to encourage that?
Steve, are you willing to help fair-minded voters remedy the bipartisan bigotry ensconced in the State of Utah's election laws?
David,
A big part of getting more people to serve is opening up the doors to the process -- which blogs are doing like never before. About a decade ago, I had nothing to do with politics. One person encouraged me to get a little involved, and I quickly realized that the process simply need people who want to lend a hand. On the one hand, I completely relate to people who think government is "them" but, on the other, I wish that perception didn't exist. It is tremendously easy to get involved and start making a difference. If you have ideas, and can think of a way I could help (as one of "them"), let me know.
Rob,
Bro, I went to your link and couldn't decipher what you're after. Figure out in a sentence or two what it is you want, and you might have a point that people would relate to. If you read my post about the Libby/Clinton perjuries, it does agree with your likely point that 2-party politics might not be all that. But you've got to talk in a normal way to normal people, if you want to move the needle at all.
Thank the gods we still have the Utah Libertarian Party.
After 30 years of claiming to be America's fastest growing third party, shouldn't the Libertarians have moved up to second party by now?
Even if we went to some type of proportional representation, where even kook parties got some representation, the Libertarians wouldn't do that well. They would still fall behind the Greens, Constitutionalists, and American Independents.
Libertarians are good entertainment though, just like most kooks are.
In one sentence, what I and many other fair-minded voters want is a more competitive and representative electoral system than what Americans have now.
Several states and localities across the U.S. have enacted or are considering legislation implementing electoral reforms at the local level.
Many of the world's democracies (and republics if one thinks that they are not a subset of democracies) use proportional representation and ranked-choice voting electoral systems. One example is Costa Rica, where Libertarians have received about 10 percent of the vote and seats in the national legislature.
The in-depth comments and links are for those who want to learn more about these electoral reforms (ones that U.S. soldiers are fighting for in Afghanistan and Iraq).
To avoid reinventing the wheel, I also refer those interested to the exchange on electoral reform I had earlier this year at YDems blog.
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