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JEROME DA GNOME
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 Posted - 07/10/2007 : 06:49:39
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30.8% Republican
36.3% Democrat
32.9% neither major party
http://tinyurl.com/2alk85
When a third of the population is against the two major parties; why is the population still only allowed a de facto choice between the two major parties?
Is this not the disenfranchisement of one third of the citizens?
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What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. - Bertrand Russell |
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furshur
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Posted - 07/10/2007 : 07:16:48 [Permalink]
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You can vote for whomever you want to Jerome.
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If I knew then what I know now then I would know more now than I know. |
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JEROME DA GNOME
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Posted - 07/10/2007 : 07:19:48 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by furshur
You can vote for whomever you want to Jerome.
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Of course, one can even write in a candidate. The question is, why does the population allow the two parties to regulate out any competition?
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What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. - Bertrand Russell |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 07/10/2007 : 09:02:16 [Permalink]
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| The two parties don't need to "regulate out any competition" when third-party candidates can't muster more than 18.9% of the popular vote. |
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Why not question something for a change?
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 07/10/2007 : 11:12:30 [Permalink]
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The election system is heavily weighted in favor of the two big parties. Just ask Nader how hard it was to get his name on the ballots, he couldn't even do it in some states.
The only way a third party or independent candidate has a chance at a national election is if they are able to self finance (like, say, Bloomberg) to the tune of $500M or so.
I'm hoping that Bloomberg does get in the race, and drop that half a billion. The republicans are a party of theocrats, and the democrats are a party of spineless idiots. I despise them both at the moment, even though I will be forced to vote democrat (because theocracy is 100x worse than being governed by spineless idiots).
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
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JEROME DA GNOME
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Posted - 07/10/2007 : 19:00:25 [Permalink]
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The system is a false choice set up for the purpose of making the "people" feel like they have choice.
Bush
Clinton
Bush
Clinton
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What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. - Bertrand Russell |
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Third Party Possibilities?
