I agree, but in the current system I do not think it would happen. The system is not structured to accommodate 3rd parties. You cannot have a minority government as you can in a parliamentary system. That's where the governing party doesn't have a majority in parliament, and can be defeated by a combination of the opposition parties. However one advantage is that the ruling party tends to pay very close attention to what the 3rd parties want, and may act accordingly. If I remember right that's why Canada was able to pass national Medicare and a very comprehensive unemployment insurance program over 30 years ago. The Liberals at the time were in a minority situation, and the NDP (a socialist party) gave the national Medicare and UIC as the price for their support. Both were passed very quickly.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Timothy Heald [mailto:healdt@;dsmail.state.gov] > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 2:47 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Don't VOTE!!!!! > > > I really wish this was a true multi party system. > > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:llyons@;ebstor.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 2:45 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Don't VOTE!!!!! > > > no they don't want democrats, the poor or minority groups to > vote in any > sort of significant number. > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:schmidt@;hungrycow.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 2:37 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Don't VOTE!!!!! > > > > > > Adam, > > > > I hope you don't honestly believe that the President and Vice > > President and > > other members of the administration don't want people voting. > > > > Kevin > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Cantrell, Adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 1:05 PM > > Subject: Don't VOTE!!!!! > > > > > > > Dear friend, > > > > > > On behalf of Shell, Mobil, and Exxon; Boeing, > > Lockheed-Martin, and GE; all > > > the Enrons, Halliburtons, and Harkens; President Bush, Vice > > President > > > Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and the other CEOs of the Cabinet; > > and thousands > > of > > > us who are working for a better life for the wealthiest > > Americans, we have > > > one simple request: Could you please just stay home tomorrow? > > > > > > See, we have things to do. Nations to invade. Wetlands to > > destroy. Oil to > > > drill. Courts to pack. Corporate taxes to cut. > > > > > > What's frustrating for us is that we're coming up against > > some pretty > > stiff > > > resistance. We've spent hundreds of millions of dollars to > > secure the > > > Senate, but it looks like we just may lose it. Heck, we may > > even lose the > > > House. We don't quite get what it is about our agenda that > > you people > > don't > > > like, but it's clear that this time, you may be upset > > enough to actually > > do > > > something about it. > > > > > > That's why we're writing this message to you today. Please > > don't vote. Ask > > > your friends not to vote. What could the harm be in sitting > > this round > > out? > > > If you could just stay home on Election Day, we can get > back to the > > > important business of running the nation for you, and we > > won't have to > > > bother you again. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > The Executive Committee Against Uppity Citizens > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
