To: Veracruz; MJY1288
Yeah, 3rd parties never amount to anything. That's why the worthless Republican party died a quick death in 1852 and was never heard of again... I believe the Whig Party was also collapsing at the time, and the GOP soon thereafter became a "second" party that took its place. There have been many more instances where a third party has failed rather than succeeded (Populist, Progressive, Bull-Moose, Reform). Face it, for a new party to make an impact, one of the other two has to go.
269 posted on
12/10/2003 6:21:30 PM PST by
Galactic Overlord-In-Chief
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To: Galactic Overlord-In-Chief
... I believe the Whig Party was also collapsing at the time, and the GOP soon thereafter became a "second" party that took its place. There have been many more instances where a third party has failed rather than succeeded (Populist, Progressive, Bull-Moose, Reform). Face it, for a new party to make an impact, one of the other two has to go. That is a good way of saying it.
Furthermore, it is clear that our current state of affairs we have a RINO(Moderate)/Conservative coalition party, the Republicans; and a Liberal Socialist party, the Democrats.
If Conservatives divide and split themselves up, the Republican party will "flip" and be totally RINO/Moderate. The end result will be a loss of political power for conservatives.
If Conservatives want to *WIN*, they need to stand and fight in the Republican party, and make it a conservative party, and THEN make sure the conservative candidates beat the liberal socialists in the general election.
425 posted on
12/11/2003 12:20:12 PM PST by
WOSG
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