Seth Bodnar - independent US Senate candidate

[Big Fin]

This is a podcast episode that I did with Seth Bodnar. He is running as an independent candidate for United States Senate.

Most know my frustration and dislike for the symbiotic duopoly of the two party system. It makes me wonder if Montanans are willing to vote independently or if they will fall back to the comfort of their party allegiance. I will be interested to see how Bodnar performs in the upcoming election.

With the stunt that Senator Daines did to handpick a candidate without exposing the candidate to a primary, I’ll be interested to see how many people find that as distasteful as I do. Given the amount of focus and chatter that Republicans are starting to point towards Bodnar, it seems they are more worried about him than they are the Democrat.

Anyhow, here is Seth Bodnar‘s thoughts on hunting, conservation, and public land.

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[KingOfTagSoup]

Looking forward to hearing this. I agree the two party "system" is frustratingly dysfunctional. There's too many lobbyists, special interests, donors, etc involved. And when push comes to shove, both parties usually end up being two acts of the same clownshow.

 

[jimh406]

Are you inviting the other Senate candidates to do a podcast?

 

[Big Fin]

Are you inviting the other Senate candidates to do a podcast?

Nope. When I’ve done that in past elections all they do is hack on the other side and ignore the topic we agreed to discuss. If I want to hear how bad the other guy is, all I have to do is read the piles of junk they fill my mail box with.

Daines’s stunt pretty much cleared what ever consideration I might have given to the idea of having the two duopoly puppets come on as guests.

Neither R or D wants to get rid of the Citizens United decision, further pushing me away from those two parties. If Daffy Duck was on my ballot I’d vote for him before either of the puppets.

A freshman R will be a mirror of Mike Lee and Ted Cruz. A freshman D will be carry Schumer’s water. UT, TX, and NY already have two Senators. They don’t need the Montana winner as their voting echo.

Also, if I’m interested in change, giving airtime to either of the entrenched trough hogs is counterproductive to my effort.

 

[SAJ-99]

Independent is still just a label. They eventually want a position of importance (Committees) and have to choose a side to caucus with. Until voters start breaking away from their team and voting for Independent, Green, Libertarian, Constitution, whatever, we keep this shit show. Granted, a coalition government is a different shit show.

I have yet to talk to a democrat for Citizen United, but there is no way to change the Constitution with the current structure. You would need to change the Supreme Court.