Coalition Purple

By: Coalition Purple
  • Summary

  • The Coalition Purple podcast (formerly Beer Money America) is a show about third party politics for normal people. Your hosts: -- Bill Hornung, a recovering Democrat who leans progressive yet is now a registered Independent. -- John Phipps, a former Libertarian who leans conservative... but also is now a registered Independent. We’re the podcast for anyone uninterested in today’s politics, but do care about the country! So our goal is to have fun, rational discussions focused on solutions... not name-calling and other foolishness found in today's two-party system.
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Episodes
  • DO DEMS OR GOP THINK THEY FOOL PEOPLE WITH PRIMARIES?
    Aug 26 2024

    Bill and John are at odds over the ethics of how the Dems and GOP conducted recent election primaries. But one thing the boys agree on is that just having two choices really stinks. The existing political machinery is simply not good for America… and the theatrics of it all (going on and on and on) is exhausting.

    But step 1 to get out of this hole is to start a bunch of civil discussions among neighbors. Friends. Co-workers. Anybody and everybody.

    Most will quickly see it’s up to the masses to change “the system” —and move from limited candidate choices to many legit ones through more political parties.


    Here’s a link to Chris Cuomo commentary on the deep money at the Democratic convention: https://youtube.com/shorts/8hwVf9WFWWE?si=OBCzR7nRLD_fqHKH

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    32 mins
  • COULD ‘COOLNESS FACTOR’ BE OBSTACLE FOR A THIRD POLITICAL PARTY
    Aug 12 2024

    Most people naturally think presidential politics when considering a third party. And usually that means 1) a third-party candidate would spoil things for a favorite candidate; and/or 2) the entire idea is futile because of the GOP-Democrat duopoly.

    So we again remind folks... here at headquarters that our focus is on the support for local and state third parties. The local level is where the action is, and viable third-party candidates have a reasonable shot of winning. In short, it’s the fastest and most straightforward strategy to do what needs to be done:

    Change how government operates!

    Which admittedly is a topic that most people agree with… but don’t find sexy enough to get excited about compared to the debates over abortion, the southern border — let alone Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce updates.

    But we have hope! Listen in to Bill and John as yak about breaking through the political white noise to make gerrymandering (and other wonky stuff) as intriguing as [add you favorite political topic here].

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    36 mins
  • PLATFORM OF THIRD POLITICAL PARTY INCENTS LEADERS TO DO THE RIGHT THING
    Aug 4 2024

    The party platforms of the Dems and GOP are largely ignored by most voters (hey, regurgitating history should be left to high schoolers).

    All the words are repeated over-and-over in the “UniParty” platforms… pandering to voters’ emotions rather than focusing on how to get things done.

    Well, we’re taking a different approach for our dream third political party. Focus on incentivizing leaders to do the right thing. And focus on a few key “lesser-talked-about” issues that inspire many while having huge impact on the good ol’ USA…

    … like doubling down on diabetes therapies and prevention — a complication that can be largely managed and/or prevented. Yet, it’s one of the biggest killers around as it has become a full-blown $400+ BILLION annual catastrophe. We’re dealing with a major pandemic every year!

    John and Bill also list out other strategic initiatives (none of which require the heavy lift of changing the Constitution) that would quickly up the happiness level of society!

    The trick is to make these issues more sexy to voters… and create built-in incentive so politicians actually get the job done: reduce government bureaucracy, reform ridiculous campaign finance laws, end gerrymandering through objective “geographical” boundaries, and create legislative districts by the number of voters, NOT the number of citizens.

    Stay tuned… it’s a wild ride.

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    33 mins

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