tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003666418887469654.post7776057566346873414..comments2024-03-28T03:27:45.767-04:00Comments on A New Jersey Farmer Blog: Where Democracy Lives: I Will Always Tell You the Truth. And Other Lies.Robert I. (Bob) Grundfesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13817189824711963225noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003666418887469654.post-70946684468573494342016-08-22T20:01:12.782-04:002016-08-22T20:01:12.782-04:00click here for a .doc version with links to more d...click here for a .doc version with links to more details: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5htjd81ugxuwqwr/Vote%20for%20Bipartisan%20Politicians.docx?dl=0 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003666418887469654.post-56792111360918202852016-08-22T19:59:16.243-04:002016-08-22T19:59:16.243-04:00Bob:Great post.
I am working towards a solution t...Bob:Great post.<br /><br />I am working towards a solution to one of our most serious problems, congressional gridlock.<br />See: <br />Vote for Bipartisan Politicians. PLEASE!<br />Regardless of your party affiliation, we urge you to vote for bipartisan politicians this fall.<br />-Americans, like us, are desperately needed to reform our political system. We need to vote for people running for congress who will work together, work towards compromises, and enact legislation in the best interest of America. Radical positions are to be avoided, if we want our congress to be able to work together for us.<br />-OUR HOMEWORK is to find out about the voting records of all politicians in our own voting districts. Then, vote for those are most likely work across the aisle to “do something”. It is time we speak up and take action as individual Americans and elect reasonable politicians who are willing to work for us. Also, we must encourage others to do the same. <br />The Lugar Center and Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy have produced a non-partisan ranking of how often each Member of Congress works across party lines. Read about the Bipartisan Index in the Roll Call op-ed "Reviving the Lost Art of Bipartisanship" and The Hill op-eds "Real conservatives and real progressives can get things done" and "Bipartisanship in Congress: Some progress, still a long way to go" by former Senator Richard Lugar and Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy Dean Edward Montgomery. Check their website out for more details: http://www.thelugarcenter.org/ourwork-Bipartisan-Index.html .<br />-We must send a strong message. That is: AMERICANS VALUE BIPARTISAN BEHAVIORS. <br />-We are not advocating firing all of congress. Keep the ones who are willing to work together for the public interest. Consider all parties, Republicans, Democrats and Independents.<br />-This will not be easy or quick!<br />-The GOOD NEWS is that we can begin to fix a big part of what is wrong in America this fall.<br />-Let us know if you agree and whether you are willing to join our cause.<br />-If not, please let us know why not. Thanks.<br />John L. Casey, Whitehouse Station, NJ<br />Karen Topper Hostetter, York, PA<br />Susan Arnett Hutyra, Waco, TX<br />Woody Miller, Louisville, KY<br />James J. Povall, Lebanon, NJ<br />Helen Sanford, Bordentown, NJ<br />Doreen Sekora, Somerset, NJ<br />Mavis Strain, Capitol Heights, MD<br />Lewis Wetstein, M.D., Interlaken, NJ<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com