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To: janetgreen
If enough people would have taken their heads out of the clouds and listened to what BOTH Bush and Kerry were proposing, a third party candidate might have had a chance.

Really? All enough third party votes do is hand a win to the other team. Remember Perot?
331 posted on 03/24/2005 12:26:31 PM PST by speed_addiction (Ninja's last words, "Hey guys. Watch me just flip out on that big dude over there!")
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To: speed_addiction
Really? All enough third party votes do is hand a win to the other team. Remember Perot?

I'm talking about BIG numbers of people switching to third party. I don't see any difference now in the two parties.

340 posted on 03/24/2005 12:34:58 PM PST by janetgreen
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To: speed_addiction
Really? All enough third party votes do is hand a win to the other team. Remember Perot?

Maybe, but the team who lost to Perot, or any other third party candidate, would have to change their platform to be more in line with that third party candidat to have a shot. No?

They will realize the will of their voter-base, and have to gravitate toward that will. It make take some time, but do you really want another two years of voting "the lessor of two evils"?

A vote for a third party is not a wasted vote. It's a friggin message. And they either get the message, or continue to lose. It won't be easy, you'll have to endure a few adminsitrations of the opposition (which aren't that different, BTW).

But rarely are things worth doing .... easy.

A vote for one of the two major parties, IS a vote wasted, and further erodes the country. It's also intellectually lazy. You get the government you deserve.

346 posted on 03/24/2005 12:42:33 PM PST by Stu Cohen (Press '1' for English)
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To: speed_addiction
All enough third party votes do is hand a win to the other team. Remember Perot?

Like President Bush is on our team?

People vote third party exactly because neither of the two main parties are on their team. If I vote third party it will because I don't give a damn if the Republicans win or not because whether they do or not they won't represent me. As far as I can tell the Republicans and the Democrats are both the other team.

348 posted on 03/24/2005 12:49:37 PM PST by jackbenimble (Import the third world, become the third world)
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To: speed_addiction
All enough third party votes do is hand a win to the other team. Remember Perot?

So. . . what are you saying? Open borders are just fine, so long as a Republican president throws the gates open?

358 posted on 03/24/2005 1:19:12 PM PST by Euro-American Scum (A poverty-stricken middle class must be a disarmed middle class)
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