Posted on 11/03/2010 10:41:10 AM PDT by WebFocus
There were a few races in 2010 where third parties ruined the chances of Republicans to gain more seats.
There’s more than one way for a Moron to vote for a Democrat.
And this is why, for better or worse, we will always have a two-party system.
It is their own fault if they don't get my vote. They must run someone I can support. Period. No compromise. I've done that schtick before and it got us Caligula beating McLame. I ain't going down that road again. Get it?
You forgot Minnesota’s governor race with Independant Hoffman.
There are a few things I didn’t like in my state and other things I did like.
The main thing is the Rats are no longer the majority in the Mountain West.
The problem with this argument
- 3rd parties also take votes from Democrats
- No 3rd parties means people like Arlen Specter get elected again. What use is that to the Republicans? Indeed, its harmful.
- 3rd parties (he doesn’t dare say Tea Party, but that’s what he means) are the REASON Republicans won big this election. No Tea Party means no real debate, no turn-out, and no difference between the beltway Dems and RINOS.
—I’m not that old either but ,yes, Teddy Roosevelt —the original RINO—gave the country Woodrow Wilson—IMHO the cause of most of the problems of the twentieth century-—
Clinton won in 1991 getting just 43% of the vote. REASON: George H.W. Bush’s RINOism and betrayal of Reagan’s agenda.
He forgot Arizona 7, where Raul Grijalva, who called for a boycott of his own state beat the rocket scientist by 500 votes and change. The libertarian got about 900 votes.
Why not play the same game by funding 3rd party minority liberal candidates? IE. Rainbow party
nevermind, you mentioned it.
What has happened to the National Review? Are they no longer a conservative magazine? Is their interpretation of victory installing another Demcorat who just HAPPENS to call himself a Republican?
Perhaps Carl Rove and Dana Perino are on their editorial board.
The voters cannot afford to have more than 2 parties.
Some have proposed two stage voting where you do a follow-up with the top three candidates from the first stage.
The theory is the "second most popular" might well be "the most popular" if all the outliers are given a shot at voting for a more popular candidate.
That's theory.
Of course, GHW Bush is blameless, right?
Do you remember his famous quote, "Know New Taxes"?
If you don't want to compromise your principles—not even as a tactic of political war—then democracy with winner-take-all elections will not work for you. At all.
The bipolar choice is unacceptable. People should have the right to choose whomever they want to vote for. If voting Libertarian, Green or Constitutional is what you want then have at it. Remember, Nader played a huge role in Gore losing FL.
The dirty little secret in the Florida vote wasn't "just" that Nader got enough votes to push Gore over the edge, even without Nader, if you combined up the different Communist parties there (Socialist, Socialist Workers, Workers World) WITHOUT the Green (reds), it would have been enough.
The Democrats strive to get "enough" of the hardcore communist vote while masking their agenda enough to appeal to church going yellow dog democrats without them getting wise.
We are told the terms "socialist" and "communist" are divisive, but it is very clear that the Democrats seek their vote. No Republican seeks any "fascist" support. I don't even see a "fascist party" on the ballots.
“It is their own fault if they don’t get my vote. They must run someone I can support. Period. No compromise. I’ve done that schtick before and it got us Caligula beating McLame. I ain’t going down that road again. Get it?”
I do not get it except in very exceptional situations such as the clown Dan Maes in Colorado. In almost all situations, a vote for a third party candidate is a vote for the rat. Third party candidates may have cost Republicans control of the state legislatur and a senate seat. In most cases, the Republican candidate is reasonably conservative such as Ken Buck in Colorado.
We need to make a pact with third parties. It is insanity to lose elections because of third party candidates.
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