I'm voting for Gary as my mechanism for voting against Romney, and lackluster Obama.
--Doug On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been out of the mix for a while, so I missed this: > > http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/JohnsonL > > So Gary is not laying down, just being (mostly) ignored. He's made the > ballot in all 50 states apparently... > > I'm hoping that in every non-battleground state, folks will not be afraid > to vote for their third-party candidate of choice. Even Mickey Mouse, > Alfred E. Neumann or your favorite pet. > > In battleground states, it is a harder question... the arguments against > "splitting the vote" are real, which demands a change in the election laws > to break the bipartisan deadlock. > > > > > As many of you may know, I'm a big proponent of breaking the > polarization of our two-party system. Here is Democracy Now's attempt to > subvert the lock-out created by the two major parties and maintained by > myriad interests: > > > http://www.democracynow.org/2012/10/4/expanding_the_debate_exclusive_third_party > > How many of us even knew there WAS a Green and a Justice Party > candidate? I assume some have not even heard of Libertarian candidate > Gary Johnson... if he wasn't an NM homeboy, *I* might not have known about > him. > > Here is a short piece on the "conspiracy" behind this lockout... > > http://www.democracynow.org/2012/10/3/ahead_of_first_obama_romney_debate > > I tend to trust DN's accuracy in reporting, despite their clear bias. > The facts laid out here are pretty damning. > > I'm personally sorry that Gary Johnson wasn't available for this, I would > like to believe it is truly logistics, not lack of interest on his part for > not being there for this. > > > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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