Forum Post: voting 2012
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 15, 2011, 9:53 a.m. EST by unconditionalbaseincome
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OWS will propose a presidential candidate
it will be a write-in ballot initiative
OWS will detail all of the positions that can be appointed by the president without approval by congress, and name all of those people "to be" appointed
once elected, the OWS president will take all actions possible, not requiring congressional approval, that align with the movements objectives and are within the rights of the Constitution
we win and the police will eventually be with us.
Fantastic idea, you have to find a way to circumvent the two party establishment, they are all sold out to big business,and this is probably one of the only ways. The 99% need a presidential alternative to the Republicans and the Democrats who are ALL bought and paid for by the 1%. This will also scare the heck out of lifetime politicians who will have to realize who they're supposed to represent, the 99%. This idea hits them where it hurts, where they have something to lose.
divide and conquer is how the 1% got where they are... we the 99% need to be unified, among all of our differences, to join together and Occupy the White House.
It will take discipline and a lot of it. The OWS demonstrators providing us with visible examples of discipline by refusing violence in the presence of corrupt policemen who have forgotten that they are paid to serve and protect us.
Obama too, has forgotten who he serves: "The declines in US Federal prosecutions for financial fraud that began under G.W. Bush have followed that down trend that in the first three years of the Obama Administration. That might make more sense if Obama had not been elected as a reform president in response to one of the greatest financial frauds in American history."
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/prosecutions-for-bank-fraud-fall-sharply/
Discipline will be required for the OWS to develop and agree upon the full slate of candidates...
It would be the first time in history that we elect a team, instead of a personality.
It would eliminate the soap box media spin which can only focus on personality disorders and will not address fundamental issues that the concern the 99%.
Did you get Aipacs approval yet for this suggestion?
cute, as I don't like Aipacs either. But if we unify, a write in candidate is doable precisely because we avoid all this "Aipac" "GOP" "Democratic" nonsense. A write in candidate allows OWS to select all the "appoint-able" players on the team in an open process.
this can work
winning an election based on a write-in campaign? umm, yeah? sure.
What a waste of time and a what a display of stupidity.