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BanTheGOP

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30. It's relatively easy to get rid of the GOP. Charge it using existing RICO laws.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 12:17 AM

Jul 2012

The entire party is a racket to engineer unconstitutional laws to migrate wealth from the progressive, productive poor to the republican, rapacious elite bastards, as well as to destroy the planet through environmental terrorism. The party can easily be stripped of its legal ability to raise cash, effectively neutering it.

It must be desroyed SOON.

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Any political Party that does not represent We, the People, is illegitimate. [View all] kentuck Jul 2012 OP

The Democratic Party is well on its way to the same state of illegitimacy Lionessa Jul 2012 #1

Well that means that neither major party is legit, MadHound Jul 2012 #2

I think the Democratic Party can be saved... kentuck Jul 2012 #4

You are more optimistic than I am MadHound Jul 2012 #6

Me? An optimist? kentuck Jul 2012 #7

I'm having a little trouble seeing where political parties are unconstitutional hughee99 Jul 2012 #3

If you only represented yourself, you would not be legitimate as a political party. kentuck Jul 2012 #5

All are "the people". hughee99 Jul 2012 #10

The Preamble does not say, I, the People... kentuck Jul 2012 #12

And nothing in this says that political parties must represent a consensus of the majority, hughee99 Jul 2012 #14

True, it does not mention political Parties at all. kentuck Jul 2012 #15

And things that aren't mentioned in the constitution are, by default, hughee99 Jul 2012 #20

Let's take it to the Supremes.... kentuck Jul 2012 #24

I think they've looked at this already. hughee99 Jul 2012 #28

Issues are decided by a majority. Igel Jul 2012 #23

Sounds fair to me. kentuck Jul 2012 #25

The two establishment parties represent the interests of the parties. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2012 #8

Our system rejects that framing cthulu2016 Jul 2012 #9

The Constitution doesn't even mention parties. Nt DevonRex Jul 2012 #11

Exactly! kentuck Jul 2012 #13

I believe it's actually the biggest blunder they made. DevonRex Jul 2012 #16

Realistically, I think we are stuck with what we have. kentuck Jul 2012 #17

Yeah. It's sad. I long for a parliamentary DevonRex Jul 2012 #19

neither major party does Marrah_G Jul 2012 #18

Who determines which is the party that truly represents the people? mythology Jul 2012 #21

As I stated in my post... kentuck Jul 2012 #26

I disagree completely. Any political party is legitimate regardless. GarroHorus Jul 2012 #22

Just like Ralph Nader... kentuck Jul 2012 #27

He has every right to run GarroHorus Jul 2012 #29

It's relatively easy to get rid of the GOP. Charge it using existing RICO laws. BanTheGOP Jul 2012 #30

Yes. Destroying political parties is what America is all about. Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #31