On 7/11/05, Topher Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lars Rasmussen wrote: > >Republicans, Democrats, what's the difference? > > > >I wish there were more choices on the national level. > > > Ya, but why would you want to waste your vote on a third-party candidate?
Not what I was saying, but I'll bite re: the "wasted vote" cliché. Because then I wouldn't have wasted my vote on a non-representative [insert your currently disliked major political party here]. I've said this before: I don't feel that any of the political parties out there match my views. I'm not alone. Where are the choices in our current 2 party system? More of the same watered-down, over-promised, compromised, impotent representatives & candidates. Scales all the way to the top. I want to see more parties and more candidates. I think it would polarize issue stances. What differentiates candidate B of party C from candidate C of party B? The founding fathers of the constitution did not intend this party system to wield such control over elections. "Political parties prevent free and open elections. Without free and open elections, government cannot be of, for and by the people. Political parties are typically tops-down organizations which permit control by the few. Those who control the tops of political parties also control the government by controlling the number and bias of the candidates from which the people must choose. This control was accomplished by the Democrats and Republicans through passage of restrictive ballot access laws to prevent interference in the process by other political parties and laws requiring primary elections. A primary election is a pre-selection process that is easily controlled from the top. Because of these control mechanisms and the resulting flow of money, politicians have allegiance to their party and monied special interest groups, not the people that elect them. Now you know why you are always having to choose between the lesser of two evils. Now you know why politicians constantly patronize and lie to the voter. It is all about control of the election process in order to control the government for the benefit of the few." (http://www.americafoundingfathersparty.org/) "The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first." --Thomas Jefferson I'd never even heard of this political party before this thread - but I agree with their statements regarding primary elections. We are therefore hindered from having representative government. -- Lars .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
