Politics

Discussion of what you think any politicians are, or particularly are not, doing, that raises or lowers them in your estimation.
James E. White
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I was a Republican for most of my early voting years but when the "Republican" party started veering away (such as injecting religion into laws) from sound Constitutional policies I switched to being independent occasionally voting Libertarian or Democrat when a specific Republican candidate's policy or platform seemed intended to bend the Constitution. Now I'm clearly a Republicrat Independent selecting each candidate that gets my vote based on what they say they stand for on their website and, when readily findable, what they have actually seemed to stand for with their behavior in office (see VoteSmart). Too often what they do is not what they claim they stand for. In my college Psychology 101 class I learned "watch their behavior, not what they say" from an instructor who had that point driven home by a kleptomaniac she "cured" (so he claimed) just before he walked off with her tape recorder.

For example, Elissa Slotkin will not be voted for again by me because she apparently has no interest in using her position to check, as allowed and encouraged, if not required, by the Constitution, the Supreme Court. I know because I presented my case where the State of Michigan and the Supreme Court both refused to obey the Constitution. Her responses were via her staff (presumably) and they requested campaign donations and signed me up for her newsletter. Not a squeak about the Constitutional issues I raised in my communication to her office. (Too much like work I presume and what's a single vote anyway?)

Additionally I cannot vote for Gretchen Whitmer, current Governor of Michigan, again because either she, or through ineffective training, her staff have allowed the State of Michigan to no longer have a "Republican" (with three balanced branches) form of government. She (or her staff) assumes correct arithmetic not to be a Constitutional (Amendment IX) right instead allowing state agencies to invent their own arithmetic. She also permits her administrative agencies and the Michigan Judiciary to completely ignore the laws that the Michigan Legislature has created and that she, or prior governors have signed into law. More on that under "Courts (and My Cases)."

Basically I am a nobody (or a could-be-you anybody, or nearly everybody). I totally agree with the sentiment to kick politicians out of office. Especially so when they continue to permit egregious violations of the Constitution. While I believe that the "ousting politicians" sentiment was rife in the 2016 election I, in looking at what Donald Trump stood for, could not vote for him but cast my vote Libertarian (not that I think they are always right either: every road a toll road? ridiculous). My vote would not have changed the outcome and I still cannot vote for him. I will, Republican though my leanings are, vote for any Democrat party candidate for president because third party actions outside their specialties are too unpredictable.

Not that I really want to be such but I am available for President, Vice-President, or Representative (for my Michigan district). I'm perfectly happy to cast a vote for Kamala Harris for President and Walz for Vice-President. My real goal with this website is to get the Supreme Court throttled into balance via a responsive Congress that takes its balancing power responsibility seriously (i.e., puts it ahead of reelection or Party campaign financial support).
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