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Originally posted by ItsSocietysFault
reply to post by EarthCitizen07
Yeah, I guess your tone is slightly more optimistic and I appreciate that. I would like to believe in "voting smart" for the better of all, but it seems hopeless sometimes. I have mostly been finding the most relevancy in the mass noncompliance idea, meaning non participatory, which I guess could result in breakage from the two party system.
L2A
Originally posted by celebration
I can't tell you how many conversations I've had with people saying, "I like Ron Paul the best, but there's no chance he'll win, so I'm not going to push/vote for him." I find it a bit pathetic...
Originally posted by Cuervo
Originally posted by Carseller4
Easy explanation:
1. Ron Paul supporters on the Republican side.
2. Democrats are running as far as they can from Obama. No Democrat up for reelection in 2012, in a perceived close race, would be caught dead going to Obama's convention.
Abandoning the two party system? Hardly.
I don't agree. I think people want to abandon it but we all have our lesser-of-evils. Republicans don't like Romney but he's better than Obama and Democrats don't like Obama but he's better than Romney.
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Your right in my thinking. The choice of Rep or Dem is pretty much ingrained with America, along with the usual Indy, but I am still going to vote RP. I'v been argued with by certain family members that voting such is throwing away my vote, or by default, voting for a particular Rep or Dem candidate. I see it as voting for "MY" candidate no matter how uneven the scales. The point is.....as more and more people who vote independent, the more the independent party gains momentum. And the momentum will eventually form a legit party able to have all the perks the Rep and Dem's have guarded for their own personal usages. The whole election depending on the R or D stronghold of the system. There is a wave coming, and it is fueled by disenfranchised voters sick of the bought and paid, lobbied candidates. There needs to be a cap on candidate contributions to a ceiling number, then every candidate would stand on their merit and not their bank account. I have observed that no matter the evil, people will vote the candidate that will benefit their own personal finances. They are too greedy to affect change towards an honest and just candidate, one that would benefit America not just their pocketbook. Sometimes sacrifices are needed to stem the corruption in our system. but no one is willing except people like me, who will have to suffer defeat to forward a platform that will return America to greatness both in character and honesty. Lets hope it's not too late to take down the corruption.
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If you had a 3rd party candidate with appeal for both sides (like Dr. Paul), people will still be hesitant to jump ship in fear that their lesser-of-evil will lose to the "bad" mainstream candidate.
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The consensus among voters it would take to actually elect a 3rd party is something the oligarchy is petrified of. This is why we are always being polarized in the media.
Originally posted by Pepeluacho
The woman in the last link, youtube video, really knows how to make anything sound uninteresting. I go no further with this statement and neither should anyone else. Just know that I thought she's a Buzz Killington.
Originally posted by Common Good
"you have to go left"?
haha
talk about brainwashed.
Originally posted by Common Good
reply to post by EarthCitizen07
I dont need that many words to describe how blind you are.
Thanks for the words of encouragement.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is so unpopular that he has caused the Broward County Police Benevolent Association to leave the Republican Party en mass, and they are encouraging other Floridians to do the same.