Steve wrote:
On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 13:28:18 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

So-called third-party voters are dupes. They'd rather sit on
the sidelines and throw spitwads at the players on the field
than get into the game. Like it or not we have a two-party
system in this country, it's the only game in town and it is
not going to change in the foreseeable future.

C'mon Ken, that demagogue Pirot damn near did it singlehandedly. It is
not going to change through campaign finance or signature drives, nor
be stopped by those things.
It will change when a real candidate with a compelling message steps
to the plate. Half of the voters in this country are disenchanted with
the choices and that number grows each year.

It has nothing to do with spitballs, as your dismissive comment
suggests, it has to do with the candidate. For you to have witnessed
the power of a compelling message just a few short years ago and then
today dismiss it out of hand doesn't make sense.

Perot's candidacy was a cult of personality and even if he had
been elected he would have been powerless to implement any real
change. No one can govern singlehandedly even if they do appeal
to 100% of the disenchanted. The disenchanted don't govern, the
Democrats and the Republicans do.

If you want to see the power of a compelling message from just
a few short years ago, go he http://www.reformparty.org/

I'd say it makes perfectly good sense to dismiss it out of hand.

There's only one game in town in American politics and it's a
two-party, binary, winner-take-all game whether you like it or
not. You can either get in the game and vote for *electable*
candidates who will best represent your interests or you can
waste your valuable franchise with a futile protest vote.

--
Ken Fortenberry