Yes, especially your rep.
Your rep is the only one you get to vote for. Maybe he got you a bridge to nowhere or grant money to fund your study of butterflies .. so for whatever reason you allow that it’s all the others that cause the problem. “My rep is great and deserves my vote.” Well, it is your vote.
However, consider this. Republican, Democrat, or Independent, they are all a very real part of the problem. Congress run amok … Congress voting for regard of Congress and it’s contributors, not for regard to the good of the country. Voting for your rep will send a message that my rep’s OK and Congress is OK. If everyone votes this way (as we have for many elections now) we send no message and nothing changes.
If you agree that we need change you MUST vote out incumbents at every opportunity. It’s that simple. They have forgotten who they work for and forgotten the mission of their work … to keep and make America strong and sustainable. They are not beholden to voters, but rather to financial influence, and they have developed a system of  “my rep’s OK” that works for the entire bunch of them. We must break that cycle. We must send our politicians the message. They need to be working for the good of Americans, not the corporations.

Are you tired of watching a government that is run by and for the corporations? Are you tired of a government that has lost the ability to do anything right? Are you tired of a government that encourages companies to ship jobs and the corporate tax base outside our borders? Are you tired of government that refuses to enforce laws on the books that it doesn’t like? Are you tired of … well you get the point.
There’s not a lot that our political “leaders” can agree on in this day and age, however they do all agree on one thing … our government is out of control at every level. To hear them talk they are the sole island of sanity in a government gone dysfunctional. So why don’t you and I do something about this mess?

I threw up this simple site with a simple message .. out with incumbents … all incumbents … Republican … Democrat … Independent … it doesn’t matter. In order to have congressmen and senators that will actually tackle problems instead of bury them we must get the message out that they can be fired, not just because of their own corruptions and incompetencies but also because of the failure of the system they are part of.

Right now incumbents win over 90% of their races. They get money from all kinds of special interests every election because those special interests know that the incumbents will do whatever it takes to keep those donations coming. We as Americans MUST stop this cycle. And what better time to do this than now, when we can point to every facet of government and easily prove incompetence, corruption, and lack of focus for any kind of mission.

So if you, like me, an apolitical guy in the midwest without a hidden agenda, without financial motive, have snapped and are totally fed up with this country we have, spread the word with conversation, bumper stickers, signs, etc. It’s real simple and works in any district … out with incumbents! More important converse about why a movement to out all incumbents (even your own) is needed to “shock” the system. It’s time to press the rest button on Congress. To share your ideas post here.
First publish on 08/30/06, last revision on 11/17/11