Why I'm running as an Independent
Boston Globe
by Christy Mihos
03/08/06
When George Washington announced his intent to depart the presidency, he left the American people with a stern warning regarding political parties: 'They are likely in the course of time and things to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people, and to usurp for themselves the reins of government.' If only he could see things today. In the city that bears Washington's name, there is no longer a home for the common man. Instead, the two major parties are beholden to special interests -- not to the people's. Extreme partisans are locked in a perpetual stalemate where power and influence is sold to the highest bidder. Just look at Jack Abramoff and Duke Cunningham. Massachusetts is no different. Both political parties are more concerned with holding onto power than with helping people. The politics of confrontation has replaced cooperation...
http://tinyurl.com/owwzu
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Christy Mihos
03/08/06
When George Washington announced his intent to depart the presidency, he left the American people with a stern warning regarding political parties: 'They are likely in the course of time and things to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people, and to usurp for themselves the reins of government.' If only he could see things today. In the city that bears Washington's name, there is no longer a home for the common man. Instead, the two major parties are beholden to special interests -- not to the people's. Extreme partisans are locked in a perpetual stalemate where power and influence is sold to the highest bidder. Just look at Jack Abramoff and Duke Cunningham. Massachusetts is no different. Both political parties are more concerned with holding onto power than with helping people. The politics of confrontation has replaced cooperation...
http://tinyurl.com/owwzu
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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