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> I, for one, am a big fan of the two party system. This system broadly
> ensures that we get a mainstream government, with mainstream policies.
> The last thing I want is a proportional vote system where tiny minorities
> at the extremes, like the Greens hold the balance of power. This would
> probably require a coalition that gave the Greens control of the Dept. of
> Interior or something. Instead, our system gives the balance of power to
> people in the center, and ensures a government that is broadly based on the
> mainstream consensus of the people.
"Mainstream" as n "leaning right" you mean?
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> I'm sorry, but Ralph Nader is an extremist nut, and the major poitns of his
> campaign platform, according to his own website, nationalized healthcare,
> publicly financed elections, and an end to free trade have all been soundly
> rejected by the American people. Even worse, many of his supporters come
> from The Greens/Green Party USA, and those people are flat out lunatics,
> with almost no understanding of economics, or good governance. The last
> thing I want is a system that would enfranchise all of these people on the
> fringes, from Ralph Nader to Pat Buchanan to Harry Browne.
Soundly rejected by the AMERICAN people. *Sigh* it is a cultual
thing; Europeans tax themselves to pay for nationalized healthcare and
public electoin fnancing and the like, but Americans are descended from
tax rebels and will never accept that. You are probably right about the
people rejecting these things, but does that mean the rest of the world is
run by extremist nuts? They seem to get along all right.
Kristin
