Comments on: Reporting Back on Our Supporters Survey Results

By: jane miller

jane miller — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:08:24 +0000

I’m not so sure about retirement benefits ~ but term limits would be a definite plus ~ and fighting the recent ruling on letting corporations “sponsor” candidates ~ what were we thinking!!!!

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:38:52 +0000

I have to disagree with you, kurtvb, on the stance that all Republicans have are talking points.

The fact of the matter is that both Democrats and Republicans use talking points. Just look at the mainstream news channels: Democrats have MSNBC/CNN and Republicans have FOX News. So, when you charge one group of only having talking points, you ought to turn your attention to the other side of the isle as well. If there’s anything that will hurt Question Time more, it’s party cheer-leading from the sidelines. This isn’t an issue of ideological differences, but to create a more efficient government that communicates honestly and has fact-based conversations about issues that are split ideologically.

By: kurtvb

kurtvb — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:24:09 +0000

It seems that there are substantially more Progressive/Liberals than any other group. I would say that Republicans do not want Question Time whether they are in power or not. It makes them look bad when all they have is talking points. Of course had we had Question Time during Bush’s administration he would have been impeached weeks after he was sworn in. Palin could not get through 5 minutes of question with or without the crib notes.

Question Time puts real pressure on politicians to actually know what they are talking about rather than spewing out talking points or misinformation. I think that not only should the President have to face question time, but his Cabinet as well, much like the British do during their PM Question Time.

I hope that the petition actually generates change and that Question Time becomes a standard weekly fixture. Our politicians owe that to the people.

By: truthstudent

truthstudent — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:10:35 +0000

hOORAY FOR our SIDE!!!!! Great stuff guys and gals!!! Someone said we need to start a petition to take away politicians 100% free healthcare which they don’t want us to have (now isn’t that strange????) Why would it cost too much? The teabaggers are trying to draw up a “manifesto” of sorts with one of the talking points being “No lifetime retirement benefits of any kind from their political service” I think that is a great idea. The key to this whole issue is getting the citizens involved no matter how small their contribution might be. If the politicians find out that we are REALLY PAYING ATENTION to what they are doing they will change their ways when we start making them answer pointed questions. But WE HAVE TO DO IT!!! And we can’t wait on someone else to do it. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for!!!