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Bad Attitude Towards Freedom
Bad Attitude Towards Freedom
Buchanan Blasts "Conspiracy" of Two Party
Political System
Monday, July 03, 2000
Monday, July 03, 2000
Pat Buchanan, conservative firebrand and likely
US presidential nominee of the Reform Party, argued Sunday for a spot in
televised presidential debates, currently restricted to the two major parties.
The two-party formula for debate offers US
voters little choice, Buchanan said.
"The presidential debate commission is basically
a little collusive conspiracy between the two major parties in power,
Republicans and Democrats," he said on CNN's Late Edition.
The debates, which begin in October "are going
to decide the election," according to Buchanan.
In his remarks on the dominance of the two major
parties, Buchanan, who left the Republican Party last fall, sounded similar to
Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. "We've got a one-party establishment in
Washington, Republicans are one half of it, Democrats the other half," Buchanan
said.
"We're into giving the American people an
authentic choice of a candidate who genuinely believes in small government, in
getting our troops out of these wars in the Balkans that both major parties
support," he added.
Buchanan, 61, said he could win if he was given
a spot on the debates and media coverage.
"The majority of Americans support me on
immigration, the majority of Americans didn't want NAFTA, a majority of
Americans didn't want this rotten trade deal with communist China that gives
away the store and gets us nothing in return but missiles pointed at our
country," he said.
Buchanan seems certain to be given the Reform
Party nod at its convention in Long Beach, California on August 10-13, after
Texas magnate Ross Perot announced June 30 that he would not seek the nomination
this year.
Perot founded the Reform Party in 1992 after
winning 19 percent of the vote as an independent candidate for president -- the
best showing by a candidate outside the Democratic or Republican parties since
1912.
In 1996, Perot won eight percent of the vote.
Buchanan's candidacy for the November 2000 race
is opposed by Perot loyalists in the Reform Party. They accuse Buchanan, who is
more conservative than Perot on social issues, of splitting the party and
orchestrating a takeover of state parties by his own followers.
Observers have said Nader's candidacy is likely
to weaken Gore's chances by taking votes from the left, while Buchanan is likely
to draw far-right votes from Bush.
A Newsweek poll of registered voters out Monday
found that in a four-way presidential contest the competition between the
presumptive Democratic and Republican nominees would be very tight. For the
Republicans, Texas Governor George W. Bush would win 41 percent, while likely
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Al Gore would win 40 percent.
Nader had the support of six percent of those
polled and Buchanan just two percent.
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B. A. T. F.
Bad Attitude Towards Freedom
Bad Attitude Towards Freedom
The Lesser of Two Evils is Still
EVIL!
