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I hate to burst your bubble, but isn't the Libertarian Party a political party? So many of the so-called 'third parties, with their own candidates, are political parties just the same as the Republicans and Democrats, aren't they? Of course they are!

They rave and rant about the two parties, but refuse to acknowledge that these groups are parties, and their candidates are (gasp)Politicians! If these other parties ever gained any strength, and got into Congress, we would definitely have a parliamentary system, wouldn't we? That wasn't what our government was intended to become, was it? Would that be any better than what we have with two parties?

These may seem like 'dumbass' questions to some, (pardon the vulgarity'). But whenever someone harps about the 'two party' system, then promotes a myriad of other parties, with some overlapping others, I can't understand what they're exactly complaining about! A multitude of parties being put forward, is no better than a parliament, in some ways. Maybe we should do away with ALL political parties, if we want to go back to what the Founding Fathers may have had in mind.

The only trouble is, even they fell into factions, which in turn, became parties! I don't exactly recall that the "Consitution" decreed that it was forbidden to have political parties. However, many of the Founding Fathers were wary of them forming. The "Constitution" wasn't meant to be like the "The Ten Commandments". It wasn't like "Thou shalt not..."

The ancient Roman Senate was quite a lot like it, from what I gather from reading, movies, etc... Now, in spite of ourselves, we have become like they were!

No problem. You did not burst my bubble.

I did not say anything regarding parties or the one-party system. Just the principles of the parties, which you did not address. BTW, We do not have a two-party system. It is a one-party system with two factions. There is one set of rules for the government approved party and another set of rules for everyone else.