Reply #10: Well, for it to work, we would need someone on "our side" to propose [View All]

[Bill Bored]

such an amendment. Since JJ Jr. is fairly well-known for proposing an actual one, I thought it might pique the interest of the readers and seem authentic until the end. We could ask him, or perhaps Conyers, if they would mind being part of the joke as it does have a serious political message with which they agree. But I'll leave that up to someone else. Note that the babble about not getting fooled again was a Bush quote, used by the speaker to show the incompetence (illegitimacy) of our current leader, so that only derides Bush.

That said, if it came from the Republcian side, you'd have to find a so-called moderate Republican who would turn on Bush. Other than McCain, who has certainly not been willing to do so, who could we use? Do these things have to be introduced in the House, or the Senate, or either? Also, one of THEM would never actually propose such legislation, even without the change to April 1. The idea is tempting though. I just can't think of anyone on the Repuke side to use.

As far as the "henceforth" I disagree, because the implication is supposed to be that if the other reforms are put in place (banning e-voting, etc.) it won't be necessary to use April 1st for future elections. Only the last 2 need to be revised, so I don't think the "henceforth" is necessary, but you had me going for a while!

I agree about truncating the end i.e. "just kidding."
But what about "keep hope alive?"

One more thing, I'd change the title to Prevent and Remove instead of Prevent or Remove.