Community | July 27, 2011 | 15 comments

VoteSane

source: http://www.votesane.com/

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The new non-partisan site that shows donations contributors and votes for the members of Congress never make uninformed decisions again , if anything , we need this. Also they have an event calendar that anyone (who signs up) can post their events for all to see so give it a visit and show your support, and remember RED or BLUE stay informed and know the issues and track records of politicians for your kids sake...and ours
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  • PigFarmington
  • PigFarmington
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      PigFarmington  

    • What we need to realize is that Obama's plan is still handing over our programs and government to private wealth. Last depression like this, Hoover didn't want to spend... let the market take care of it. We are repeating this even if the neo-libs (you know them as republicans) concede to Obama's option.
      You've heard of the concept of high-balling a price when you bargain...THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND TELLING US THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING US A FUCKING FAVOR!!!

    • 10 months ago
  • kennymotown
  • PoliticalAmazon
  • Argon18
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    • PoliticalAmazon:

      http://www.opensecrets.org is a useful and reliable source, but I couldn't find any mention of it on the votesane page.

      I know that http://www.politifact.com use it it because I found it cited as a source on an article about Michelle Bachmann.

      http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/jul/01/michele-bachmann/...

      "Regarding the farm," Bachmann said. "The farm is my father-in-law’s farm. It’s not my husband’s and my farm. It’s my father-in-law’s farm and my husband and I have never gotten a penny of money from the farm."

      The farm in question sits on 949 acres in Independence, Wis., and was operated by Bachmann's father-in-law, Paul Bachmann. The congresswoman told The Associated Press that her husband became a trustee of the farm because his father had dementia before he died in May 2009, and that her husband "oversees the legal entity."

      However, records show the Bachmann Farm Family Limited Partnership was formed in 2001, and Rep. Bachmann and her husband have a stake in it. All of Rep. Bachmann's financial disclosure forms, filed with the Clerk of the House, list the Bachmann Farm Family LP as an asset of hers worth between $100,000 and $250,000.

      Paul Bachmann received nearly $260,000 in farm subsidies between 1995 and 2007, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data compiled by the Environmental Working Group. The lion's share, about $250,000 of it, was corn and dairy program subsidies. There are no records of any crop subsidies after 2007

      In the article it pits a link to opensecrets http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?txtName=bachmann

      But when I looked at the votesane page about Michelle Bachmann http://votesane.com/candidate/412216

      What I found was this "2 October 29, 2010 9:43 am Rep Bachmann, keep the faith you will do great on Tuesday!! I am thankful we have common sense Representatives like you! Thank you for your very hard work and again good luck! Mark E. Lang"

      How is that any kind of reliable source for putting more sanity back into voting?

    • 10 months ago
  • Argon18
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      Argon18  

    • http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-july-26-2011/exclusive---juan-williams-ext...

      From that video it doesn't seem very "sane" without verifiable factual information of the candidates. I didn't see any research on the sources like http://www.factcheck.org/ or http://www.politifact.com/ has so how"sane" could your vote be without any assurance of veracity?

      All I found on the web page were hearsay opinions by members and links to editorials in the media. How is that promoting "votesane"when they just perpetuate the growing "insanity" of not being able to tell an opinion from a fact?

      I was watching the TDS interview of Juan Williams and Jon Stewart came up with a great idea for a 24 hour news network that focuses on nothing but in-depth stories of government corruption.

      Jon made the point that would be need to combat the "insanity" of pundits and politicians saying outrageous and repellent things just to get ratings and rewarded with donations from extremists. Since that type of attention grabbing outrageous behavior was memorable and drove the ratings up, it was rewarded by promotions and donations from the fringe that held those radical views.

      To even begin to bring back "sanity" to the voting process, fact checking the candidates, positions, records, donors and backrounds must be a part of the strategy.

    • 10 months ago
  • Milieu
  • Des_Akkari
  • kvb1
  • figgdimension
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      figgdimension  
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    • kvb1:

      yea I noticed that too but its prob to reach out to them Im not in a position to research today on droid but ill see later feel free to do on own i have no time today sorry just thought it was interesting there also another group ill get alink for ya later thanks for commenting sorry im soooo busy today artartarartartartartartttttttttt
      http://artcell.tumblr.com

    • 10 months ago
  • lifestudentno83
  • TrishR
  • figgdimension
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      figgdimension  
    • TrishR:

      I would assume its the peeps in the video prob there is more than one of these type sites i signed up for the newsletter and I'll do some digging later kinda busy today but feel free i think its a non-profit

    • 10 months ago
  • figgdimension
  • Mayeffie
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