Thank you for your own civility to me. One thing you've got to remember: after the Clinton years, the idea of what voting for a third party candidate could result in is horrifying to a lot of people on this board - even if they might agree with many or most of the third party candidate's ideas.
I tend to harbor the idea that I agree with the smarter ones. ;-D
Now, come on! They were ALL brilliant, or they wouldn't have been the Founding Fathers! But I'll bite - which would you consider "the smarter ones"?
Oh, I know exactly what it can do. That is why it makes a fine weapon. The people at the core of the Pub Party seem to think they can bargain with the Bill of Rights. They ignore those who are calling for rational lawmaking, only to publish even more laws that snub the rights of citizens. Each entry in the Bill of Rights has been severely blistered by bad legislation. All I am looking for is a Party that openly says, "We are ging to try to fix this!. The Pubs are causing most of the damage as of late. The only Parties that openly discuss these issues are not apt to win an election, so I just have to hammer away at this one. I will use my vote as a weapon, even to give control back to the Dems. We'll repeat the Dem/Pub cycle by swinging the vote until the thick heads at the core of the Party catch on to the importance of "those other" folks.
which would you consider "the smarter ones"?
Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison ... Oh it really is a big list. The ones I favor jumped up and down about the Bill of Rights and the need to be jealous of the Individual's power, and vigilant toward professional politicians. Time and again they brooded on the possible results of the masses not maintaining their understanding of the Founding principles. Look what we have even of this "conservative" forum: People of today think the Constitution grants rights to the people rather than prohibiting government encroachment.
I tend to wonder about the bunch that wanted to make George Washington king. Those didn't seem to grasp the significance of the tyranny they worked so hard to detach.