It seems some one has convinced most to vote for someone other than a Dem or Rep. is to throw away your vote , they have done a real bang up job too !
that may be true but if it ever starts it won't take long to take hold and a new party could take over or force the old ones to straighten up !
yea i know its a wild dream !
I agree, someone did a bang up job, but its not an unsubstantiated opinion.
Frankly, do you think that the winner or loser in the election gives a rat fat fanny other than if they won or lost? Sure the loser can cry if they had the third party vote they could have won, so they either work on their position to gather this next time OR they disappear. As ironglow said, where are all the third party people now?
Some people (perhaps a majority of the public) perceive a third party vote as people making a statement, not much different than goth dressing kids, and spiked mohawks. "Sure its different, but what's it going to change?"
The reformist and idealists only rear their heads with any serious attempt at public support every four years, and give people that are frustrated a chance to show their dissapproval. They won't get elected. And after the election they spout and spit, and fade away like MacArthur.
Hillary's been building her empire for years. You can't deny this token senate position was anything else?
Now, everyone that feels 100% committed to Ron Paul or anyone else better realize this. Start thinking of 2012. If your worried about things before then, than start stocking up on MRE's and potable water, but you are pissing into the wind thinking that hipshooting an ideal as grand as these is going to get anywhere against a public that is hellbent on NOT changing.
Please consider that my generalities on the public, the people, etc takes into account the other 19 out of 20 people that don't own guns, the other 10 out of 20 that aren't conservative, the countless souls that are atheists or agnostics, and a whole bunch of people that just don't care.
You want to sell it? Sell it during the down time. In times of stress people will always respond by reflex. Elections are no different. They are going to vote what they feel is safe. If your going to change that, you won't do it quickly. And in the grand scheme of things, a year of exposure just isn't going to cut it.