It has been obvious to me for thirty years that the Dems + Reps are both corrupt. I stopped choosing between them a long time ago and have always voted for Independents or third party candidates. I just have to shake my head at the 99% of voters who keep making the same mistake and voting against themselves by choosing the supposed lesser of two evils.
What will it take for the masses to realize they can vote the liars and thieves out of our government simply by voting for Independents? How difficult is it for people to accept the fact that all of the TV hype for the Dems versus the Reps cons us into making the idiotic choice to pick one of them instead of voting against both corrupt parties? Can't people understand that it makes absolutely no difference which one of those corrupt parties wins? Can't they see that both parties are owned by bankers and corporations and that they both work against average citizens to make the bankers and corporations richer?
I ask all of you to break free of the hype that cons you into throwing your votes away by making the idiotic choice of voting for Dems or Reps. I'm running. Write me in. Here's my platform. (Sorry, the forum won't let me post any links until I write 15 posts.) Maybe someone will post the link for me. it's johnbestjr at blogspot dot com
Look voting third party doesn't WORK. It never works!
I can give you instance after instance from Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party to Ralph Nader's green party. IT DOESN'T WORK.
All third party's running for president EVER accomplish is getting the very guy they DON'T WANT elected.
The last example is Ralph Nader whose green party split the liberal vote and allowed George Bush to win in 2000.
Or Ross Perot, who split the Republican vote and allowed Bill Clinton to win.
That's all third parties ever accomplish.
There is a reason there is a two party system in this country. Because we have example after example from Europe that more than two parties doesn't work.
One of the reasons Nazis were able to take over in Germany, despite them never getting more than 30% of the vote, is despite getting only 30% of the vote, there were so many parties, that still gave the Nazi Party the majority in Parliment.
And they kept things locked up so badly, the Parliment simply voted to dissolve.
Obama whines about gridlock. He doesn't know what real gridlock is.
Our system works. It is NOT perfect by any means. But those whining in the fringes always talk about the problems. They never offer solutions beyond their fantasies about "If all the American people simply agree with me, THEN this will happen."
But most people are NOT independents, they aren't likely to become indepdendents and thus your fantasy is not like to happen.
Back to reality then! I'm voting Republican.