That is how democracy is desgined to work- the candidates have to take action to earn our votes. That provides incentive for politicians to do what citizens want them to do or face the alternative of not getting our votes.

No one needs your help to cast an invalid vote and thus disenfranchise themselves. In order to vote for yourself in the vast majority of states, you have to register and pay a fee and/or collect names of voters to put yourself on the ballot. Voting for yourself isn't possible for millions of Americans. Informing them otherwise is voter misinformation and might constitute a felony in multiple jurisdictions.

I have not failed. One Demand has not been tried yet.

You have failed to sell it thus far, and so you have definitely failed. Denying reality doesn't change the facts. You wouldn't still be here whining to CW and everyone else about it if you had succeeded, would you? Nope.

Voting for big money Deathocrats and Republikillers has failed.

Your fabricated labels have also failed.

CW is just one of the bricks in the wall that I am working to bring down.

I have an idea better than that: CW should bring you and your shit down. It's about time he used that Red Card he promised.

You are delusional if you think continuing to engage in an approach that is proven to fail makes more sense than trying something that has not been tried yet when all current trends are moving in the direction that show it could work.

Take the above and apply it to your shit. You are delusional if you think continuing to engage in an approach that has proven to fail makes sense. You were told to shut it, and now you're threatening the author. Time for that Red Card... long past time, honestly.

All any of you seem to be able to do is make up stuff about me or One Demand to argue against that is not true.

You're incredibly obtuse. Why can't you do as you were told?

unless you drove to pittsburgh, it ain't clinical.

Heh. :)

Nonsensical childish trolling. Finger painting with the contents of your diapers.

You always resort to this kind of dismissive reply instead of backing up your idea with a reasoned argument. Why would anyone take you seriously?

This is why you fail.

as far as i can tell, don's site is back up - such as it is.

I think Don got his DNS entry hijacked. It just depends if the provider is using an updated DNS database. My provider still resolves to attack site warnings as do most the search engines. I got it to load on my phone though...

as far as i can tell, don's site is back up - such as it is.

@don,

you really need to learn how to update your site. it's still got the same errors from five years ago.

JL

I have not failed. One Demand has not been tried yet.

It's been tried for 5 years. It has not been adopted by candidate nor voter due to poor presentation and even worse support.

It failed with election of Clinton, Bush, Obama and Trump. It failed throughout the covid-19 pandemic so far and continues to fail as more citizens are added to the 180,000 plus that have died due to the failure of voting for big money Deathocrats and Republikillers.

Big steaming pile of moose poop you got going there. What would a low donation candidate do when a pandemic hit that is better than the big money politicians to whom you criticize? George W bush put in to place Social distancing as a official pandemic response policy and the researchers to whom he entrusted got a lot of push back. Obama added to it and created a white house pandemic response group. How are those two policies a fail and what would your small donation politician do differently?

CW is just one of the bricks in the wall that I am working to bring down.

How is that working out for you? Almost ready for your red card?

All any of you seem to be able to do is make up stuff about me or One Demand to argue against that is not true.

Do you deny that onedemand.org resolves to online gambling scams?

if irony weren't dead already, it certainly would be now.

Your “vote for yourself in protest and to promote OneDemand” and then requiring people register with you so their protest can be documented for anyone to see does not sound very democratic to me.

That is how democracy is desgined to work

Your spam sounds stupider and stupider with each post.

Which democracy are you referring to? Certainly not USA. It was desgined to work only for wealthy white men.

Can you do anything other than make a claim that's completely unmoored from reality and then claim your point has been proven?

Look, we’ve all told you this before and we will keep saying it — One Demand is a ridiculous idea (#OneDumbPlan).

And you can't claim to be treating all people equally when you do not treat their ideas equally. And Joe Biden says all people should be treated equally.

Your idea gets the same treatment that all other ideas get. Your idea was listened to, considered, and after careful consideration we either choose to support it or reject it. You are just mad because it was rejected by everyone for a long list of reasons that you have ignored.

So let's get together and demand that Joe Biden run a small donor only campaign in the general election to earn our votes instead of giving them to Biden for nothing out of fear.

Let’s not.

Here’s the kicker that you fail to recognize: You say you want to get rid of politicians that can be bought for large sums of money, but you want them replaced with politicians you are buying for less than $201. How is that any better? Isn’t the problem really that we do not want politicians that can be bought for ANY amount?? Your idea is a major FAIL!

And I’m not giving my vote to Biden “for nothing out of fear.” I cast it freely because I support his ideas and believe he will be the leader that we need in these times.

I know that democracy means not giving up your vote for nothing

Nope. That's not what "democracy" means. Thanks for proving my point.

The only thing JFC saved the comments section from is reality and democracy.

You seem to have no idea what the word "democracy" means. It isn't relevant to internet comment sections and it isn't ended by $201 campaign donations.

Your reality is shared by nobody else as evidenced by your idea sales record.

Look, I've said it before and I'll keep saying it- One Demand is an idea.

Well, it's certainly not a website anymore...

Is your small donation campaign to get people to save money so they can spend it on your online gambling scams?

Face it, you have failed. In five years you have gained no traction, no supporters, never bothered to learn enough web technologies to keep your site fresh or even up. Maybe antagonizing and stalking columnists as your singular methodology is just not a good idea?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D8gv6ZAFFE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87g5Rckyruk

The last time I saw STYX it was 1977 and they were with Prism, right here in Kitchener.

The now is not the time to talk about that has now become it too late to talk about that.

Is English not your first language? Are you Russian?

Biden was spending primary campaign money up until that point

Money is money. You're on drugs (or maybe off them).

If anything can prove that small donor campaigns aren't necessarily necessary, a Biden presidency can.

I'm going to see STYX next month.

Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe.

let's get together and demand that Joe Biden run a small donor only campaign in the general election

Let's not. It's just a little late for that, but how about you demand that your preferred orange candidate run a small donor campaign instead? You are good at convincing people. Convince him to surrender with two months to go.

Best comments in a long while. Biden is elevating the discourse.

unless you drove to pittsburgh, it ain't clinical.

You must understand how incredibly sensitive I am when it comes to Biden. I mean, it's practically clinical.

I know, I know ... practically?

Here is a Gowan tribute.

https://www.facebook.com/officialgowan/videos/624899408462409/

I noticed another small one: the transcription (somewhere in the middle) has 'the murder right now is up 26 percent', where I would guess he actually said 'the murder rate now' which makes more sense and fits the standard of American English that Biden uses.

Indubitably. And, what he actually said.

Whatever.

i think he meant "equality and opportunity."

we can try to correct all the grammatical errors, but one can't catch them all.

And, I think it is important that he continue to travel, including going to places that surprise people. There don't have to be crowds - just like it was today in Pittsburgh.

This is the kind of kicking butt and taking names speech I'd hoped to see out of Joe -- fire in the belly is one way to fire up enthusiasm in the electorate. Joe needs to keep being the adult in the room.

Sure, it was light on policies and proposals. Those things weren't his subject. He was addressing the so much deeper problem of Trump - and without saying it, of course, the 40% of the country that adores Trump. Policies and proposals, the issues that divide the Democrats across a wide spectrum, simply aren't the real issue this election is about, as much as we might wish it were.

The issue is to speak the truth about President Trump's toxic politics, dictatorial worldview, and vacuous executive ability. Talk about it. Get the press to admit this president is an incompetent but vicious liar with no sense of duty or patriotism at all, and report his conduct on that basis. Restore America's self-respect.

I want to reprint the peroration, with your permission, even though you just posted it. It is impossible to imagine Trump giving this speech or anything like it, without showing that look of a terrified hostage that he adopts whenever he reads inspiring and patriotic rhetoric written by his desperate staff. Biden, on the other hand, simply sounds like he's already the president:

"Look, I've said it before and I'll keep saying it, America is an idea. It's the most powerful idea in the history of the world. And I believe it beats in the hearts of the people of this country. All men and women are created equal and they deserve to be treated equally.

"Trump has sought to remake this nation in his image: selfish, angry, dark, and divisive. This is not who we are. At her best, America's always been -- and if I have anything to do it, it will be again -- generous, confident, an optimistic nation full of hope and resolve.

"Donald Trump is determined to instill fear in America. That's what his entire campaign for president has come down to, fear. But I believe Americans are stronger than that.

"I believe we'll be guided by the words of Pope John Paul II, words drawn from the scriptures: "Be not afraid, be not afraid." Fear never builds the future, but hope does. And building the future is what America does, what we've always done. In fact, it's what we have done best and continue to do best.

"This is the United States of America. There's not a single thing beyond our capacity when we decide to do it together. So let's get together." _- Joe Biden, Democratic candidate for president of the U.S.

Ha! Those are some pretty big edits!