Hah! Ok everyone, out of the pool. Go down and sign up as Reformers! Er, or did Pat move on to another party?
215 posted on 3/13/02 5:08 PM Pacific by Jim Robinson
Hey, that's a fair comment. It's based on the reality of the Reform Party and it's current condition. It's based on the fact that I supported Pat in 2000. I did my best to tell people that Bush was going to sell them out on many issues. They didn't believe me. So be it. Part of this reality may not be as plaitable to folks though.
Part of this reality is that the Reform Party was desimated by a backlash of Conservatives who swore that Bush wouldn't do what Pat and I said he would. There isn't a Reform party today, at least not a viable one that could challenge the two main parties. People made their choice in 2000. They were told that if they turned their back on the Reform party there wouldn't be one in 2004. Well, guess what. We have been sold out by Bush on a number of issues. Now where do we go?
As strange as it may seem, I'm not as concerned about Pat's loss as some might suspect. That's in the past. Part of the reality after 2000, is where we are headed as a nation. And it concerns me greatly that Bush is heralded as the only choice we have. Whether it's trade with China and all the problems that represents despite our plane being shot down, or the $40 billion increased spending on the incredibly problematic DoE, or the amnesty for criminal aliens that are here illegally, or the Patriot Act that infringes on our rights in ways the Democrats would never have been allowed to impose without a fight, or the $300 billion dollar healthcare plan, or the continual Israel bashing statements that eminate from Powell as well as Bush, or any of a number of other issues, I can not support Bush.
My only alternative is to vote for the Constitution party or some other candidate.
Only when the Republican Party is put on notice, will it get it's act together. If than means they get 27% of the vote fine. If they get 17% of the vote, so much the better. This will upset some. To me it's far more upsetting to see the Republicans win while advocating what I always accepted were Democrat policies. That may be the reality, but it's not a reality I'm going to support.
If everyone else on the forum wants to support the duopoly, I'll be sad to see it. I want a second choice. But just like in the year 2000, I'll have to live with your choices again.