Is America Ready for a Third Party?
It takes Americans a long time to do what's right. How did Thomas Jefferson put it?
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
The suffering must and should end. Now.
So here's a thought. Unity '08.
For starters.
posted by kate @ 10:48 AM
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Thank you for posting about Unity08. I look forward to fixing the country together!
Bob Roth
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Unity08
Personally, I think we need about 6 parties. And we should go back to the system in place for the first couple of Presidential elections; where the person who comes in second is Vice President.
That would make for some interesting government.
Do I think we should have better, broader represenation besides tweedle-greed and tweedle-dumb? Absolutely. The problem, however, is that we already have more parties and they tend to aim nationally in the federal election instead of building their parties from the ground up.
I think the Libertarians were the last that made serious attempts to get their candidates in LOCAL races. The Greens have problems connecting locally (because they think globally and not about issues that relate to local politics) and therefore don't get municipal and state exposure.
That's going to end up being Unity's flaw in future.
Is it a valiant idea? Sure. But Democrats will paint it as a "Lieberman party" (where "compromise" is actually laying down on principles and appeasing the other side) and the Republicans will do their usual hate-mongering and slander if the party had a viable candidate representing it.
The duopoly will continue for the foreseeable future sadly. Though this cynic would love to be proved wrong.
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