A Gallop poll shows that fifty-two percent of Americans want a third party — a continuing majority from earlier polls showing as much as 58% who oppose the monopoly of power by the two leading parties. The question is how we can call ourselves a democracy when the two parties are able, through ballot barriers and other means, to prevent a major third party from emerging in the United States. I previously wrote about these barriers and the need for a third party.
For civil libertarians and others, this coming election is a painful example of the crushing monopoly exercised by the Democrats and Republicans. It is impossible for many civil libertarians to vote for Obama given his horrendous record in blocking the torture investigations, continuing military tribunals, re-asserting the right to assassinate American citizens and other policies. The White House, however, is continuing the same cynical calculus used previously by Democratic candidates that civil libertarians and liberals have no where to go. Currently the leading voice against torture, foreign wars and secret prisons is Ron Paul on the Republican side, not Barack Obama.
This poll is an embarrassment in showing that, despite widespread and long-standing unhappiness with both parties, citizens will again be forced to chose between what they view as the lesser of two evils.
Even in the Democratic primary, voters will have no choice as engineered by the Democratic National Committee under the control of the White House. The result is no choice for many voters. We are living through a political crisis in this country and we need fundamental political reform. We have become a nation of lemmings who continue to follow the formula blue state/red state politics imposed by two controlling party machines. Worse yet, we have become a nation of chumps who insist on dozens of different types of bleach to chose from (despite the fact that bleach is chemically identical) but accept that their government will only practically be chosen from one of two parties.
Jonathan Turley
What Woosty suspected. You are a blogbot of some kind.
Mr Scribe,
Then it is safe to say, that you do not know. I can accept that, you do not know. Then if you do not know, then you cannot enlighten anyone, don’t you know. But you know, and now I know that I am enlightened that you do not know.
IO: Woosty asked you if you were a blogbot. You were not responsive. Are you a blogbot? Yes or no?
IO, I am not a research assistant and have not been one for more than forty years. I am also not a research librarian. I do not spoon feed my students or clients. They learn more if they figure it out for themselves. Do your own research.
Thank you for your cooperation in these matters.
Mr Scribe,
I am not sure how that is relevant to my request. Could you explain what use one would have for a product such as this.
“You only need to be on the Internet for all of five minutes before you learn that Blogging is one of the best possible ways to build back links and traffic to your web sites.”
I am unfamiliar with the reasoning of this.
IO: Dr. Google is your friend. He does not charge for a consultation.
Mr/Ms Wootsy,
Please enlighten me, what is a blogbot? That is a new term for the unenlightened.
Mr. Scribe,
Was not newt a speaker? A devil demon one at that? Would it be more appropriate to say:
The eye of the newt is reflected in the howl of the moon?
Illuminated One:
The eye of the newt is not reflected in the moon.
Triple C Party?
Mr. Scribe,
I think you said news was going to hit them with a bass. I did read it, and is your names news?
And I did not say a thing about me hitting anybody. I wrote” “…if it…”
Now figure out what I was referencing and get back to us. Anyone who calls him or herself “Illuminated,” should not have difficulty with it.
Mr Scribe,
Then, I would have to turn the light on. I am trying to save energy. And Sir, I thought you said Bass Griddle. The light is slowly going on. I am enlightened today.
Work on your powers of reading observation. I said “bass fiddle.”
Mr Scribe,
You said that you were going to bit them with a bass, so I would think that you did. I may be wrong, that is why I am seeking enlightenment.
OS,
A large mouth bass?
Illuminated One,
‘Cause it’s there
Who said anything about a fish? However, while we are at it, Fox Spews is fishy from the gitgo.
Mr. Scribe,
Why would you hit someone with a fish?
I watched that channel once or twice. I think “Nries” spells it out just fine. They would not know news over there if it ran up and hit them in the butt with a bass fiddle.