D.L.

I couldn't agree more. President Bush is very close to killing more brave American soliders in Iraq than the number of American citzens killed in the 9/11 attack. It seems to me the "terrorist" who is killing the most Americans is George Bush.

Kerry, I agree with you that we need an end to American loss of life in Iraq.

But, I have read more of what VOID is about, and I have to agree with them that the problems our nation faces, won't be solved by one or the other political parties. Politics rules government today, instead of the needs of the nation and its people. And to change that, voting for challengers to incumbents of both parties is the only way. I read here somewhere someone said, "We need to put the fear of the voters back into the hearts of politicians."

No truer words were ever spoke. I am really glad I found you guys. Whoever called into to C-Span, should get more people to call in. It's how I heard about your organization.

D.L.
You are not alone.
That is exactly what VOID is all about.

If the blatant irresponsibility, greed, and corruption of congress doesn't upset you, nothing will.

Voters should start doing the one simple, common-sense, no-brainer, non-partisan, inexpensive, peaceful and responsible thing that voters were supposed to be doing all along:

Vote out (or recall) all irresponsible incumbents, always, every election, until no more irresponsible incumbents exist, and government finally agrees to pass the many badly-needed, common-sense, responsible reforms that incumbents have refused to pass for so many decades.

86 the incumbent is a non-partisan concept driven by patriotism and the most coveted of citizen rights, the right to vote! Our core belief is that the political system has gone astray from what our forefathers intended and only the VOTING American population has the power to tell our current leadership that they have to be held accountable for their decisions while in office. Corruption, failure to accomplish campaign promises and voting along party lines instead of for the best interest on their constituents has been noticed by the people.
www.86theincumbent.com

Ray,
Thank you.
So often, some say it is simplistic.
But, voting out irresponsible incumbents is exactly what voters were supposed to be doing all along, always.
We should keep the good ones (if there are any).

IMO, there aren't any good politicians because I can't find any (much less 50, or even 268 incumbents (half of the 535) in Congress) that:

• do not vote irresponsibly for pork-barrel (while our troops risk life and limb, go without body armor, armor for vehicles, and adequate medical and health care) ?


• do not vote themselves cu$hy perks and raises (while they completely mismanage the Social Security and Medicare systems that tax-payers are relegated to) ?


• do not ignore problems for fear of risking re-election or defying their big-money-donor puppeteers ?


• do not tempt, pressure, and threaten newcomers with the loss of party support if the newcomers don't accept the status quo ?
  
• do not prevent newcomers from passing badly-needed, common-sense, no-brainer, responsible reforms ?


• do not pander ?


• do not peddle influence and accept money from big-money-donors ?


• do not spend a great deal of time and tax-payers' money (via allowances) trolling for money for their campaign war-chests ?


• do not abuse their allowances (provided by tax-payers) to retain their cu$hy, coveted seats of power ? (such as Hillary Clinton's $514,148 per year lease (2001) with the most expensive hometown office of any U.S. senator).


• do not look the other way ?


• genuinely embrace badly-needed, common-sense, no-brainer reforms, such as campaign finance reform, election reform, tax reform, or any reform that will create more transparent, accountable, and responsible government, even if it diminishes their power and opportunities for self-gain ?


• are fiscally responsible ? (good luck)


• don't shoot their hunting buddies? (oh...that's the executive branch)


• have a good attendance record; many (such as Sen. John Conyers) don't even bother to show up to vote much of the time ?


• do not travel all about via gifts (bribes) or waste tax-payer dollars (like ;


• do not vote themselves raises, special perk$, and cu$hy retirement plans while they totally mismanage and plunder Social Security ($12.8 trillion in the hole)and Medicare Systems.


• do not fuel the petty partisan warfare that distracts the nation from our many pressing problems ?


• deserve to retain their cu$hy, coveted, and prized seats of power ?

Unfortunately, the bar is set so, so low. The system is so perverted and dysfunctional, it corrupts almost all within it. Incumbents always outnumber newcomers, and pressure, threaten, and tempt newcomers to accept the status quo.
And that will continue, until voters make it obvious to incumbent politicians that their careers will be short, indeed, if they succumb to the status quo too!

If you can't even come up with 268 (half of 535) in Congress, what's that mean ?

If any incumbent really is responsible, then they deserve to stay. Keep them.
Otherwise, they don't deserve to stay in their cu$hy, coveted seats of power, and perhaps that is the price that the irresponsible incumbents should pay for looking the other way?