bwind22 |
05-26-2006 12:26 AM |
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Originally posted by tonemeister
well i would love to see giuliani run but i think his health would be an issue. hillary? i would vote for a woman but not her....just can't stand her, so many better choices out there. kerry? wasn't smart enough to beat bush....lost respect for him. al gore.......lol. jeb bush? don't think he'll run......really, really, hope he doesn't. both parties get there money from the same corporations so their both full of shit to me.......would love to see more third and fouth party candidates have more of a shot. some countries have 6 and seven parties. we who are the home of the free seem to squash anyone who isn't republican or democrat and that's just sad.
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Well, I almost totally agree with you. Except that we, the people, don't squash 3rd party hopes. The Democrats & Republicans are the ones that squash any hopes of ever seeing a viable 3rd party candidate, let alone a 4th, 5th or 6th, because as much as they dislike each other, they aren't stupid. They realize that more parties means less control for them (both parties, collectively & individually).
Just listen to Ralph Nader talk about it some time. He knows first hand how good of a job they can do at squashing a 3rd party candidates efforts.
The only way we'll ever see a third party as a viable option will be if it's someone rich enough to fund their own campaign (like Ross Perot did) because none of the other parties are able to fundraise enough money to even get television ads, let alone any sort of national attention.
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