Are we facing a real crisis, or what?

Question

How many of us are grasping at straws? I know I am, and don't think that I'm alone. I've talked with Democrats on this forum who are practically praying for Gore to jump into the race. Many conservatives like myself, are looking for Thompson to jump in and work miracles. Others, many others, are looking and planning on voting for a third party candidate, and I'm guessing that the candidate of choice will be and is Ron Paul (no, he won't make it on the republican ticket). I'm not against a third party candidate at all, but feel that every time this happens, it ends up taking votes from one party and placing another party into office. Third party's need to get started on the grass roots level and not only during Presidential elections. IMHO.

Maybe it's just me, but I've convinced myself that with few exceptions, we'll end up voting for whoever we believe is the better of the evils. And then I ask myself, will it really make any difference, based on the leadership that we have in Congress. Those who are bought, paid for and will create quagmires every step of the way for the person who ultimately ends up getting elected.

Am I alone in this thinking?

Answer 1

Third party voters are either not thinking clearly or do not understand how government works. If a third party candidate is ever elected president he would be the most useless piece of furniture in the White House. With no one on his side in the Congress he will be pretty much at their mercy.

Pretty much every third party candidate is either an idealist from some single issue minority group or is running as a spoiler. Right now the only likely third party candidate will be Michale Bloomberg the current Mayor of NYC. He was a life long democrat and switched to republican to run for mayor because he could not get the democratic nomination. He just changed his registration to Independent.

He will probably enter the race if the primary election pits Rudy Guiliani against Hillary Clinton. His job will be spoiler. He will be in the race to make sure Hillary carries New York. The democrats fear Rudy because of how much even liberal Manhattan liberals loved him after 9/11. If too many vote for Rudy, Hillary would not carry her own state in the Electoral College. That would be quite an embarrassment and since New York's eastern time zone votes early they fear such an occurrence would adversely affect her in the West Coast.

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Answer 2

I hope you're alone. I try never to vote for the lesser of the evils. That's a poor choice, guaranteed.

Instead, work to change the voting to an Instant Runoff format. With that format, everyone can vote for their first choice without having to compromise based on supposed electability. Then you rank order your other choices, and if your first choice is eliminated, your vote goes to your 2nd choice. This way, the winner always is relatively favored by over 50% of voters, and there isn't the cost of multiple elections.

Answer 3

I agree with pretty much everything you say. In the end all we are ever offered is the winner of the soundbite popularity contest. Whoever manages to remain scandal free for the duration and say the prettiest words and make the most promising promises, usually gets the job. I really don't think politicians represent we the people anymore; it seems that for a long, long time it is just the big corporations who seem to succeed at capturing their attention with big donations and doweries for following their wishes and intents. I keep hoping it will change, but we're all just human and those promises of wealth, fame, a lifetime of security are about enough to seduce the best and most well meaning.

Answer 4

Yes, we are facing a real crisis. Until we begin to support really good candidates, we will have to choose between the lesser of two evils, and like one guy said, the lesser of two evils is still evil. We need to start supporting clean honest elections and clean honest candidates. Right now we have 3 candidates who show lots of promise. Mike Gravel, Ron Paul, and Dennis Kucinich. None of the rest of them are worth even talking about, because they are all members of CFR and all beholden to special interests and the NWO Elite, etc. The worst thing that could happen to this country and its people is more of that. And Rudy Giuliani is the worst of the worst. The people have to take this country back from the hijackers, before it is too late to get it back. We are at a cross-roads now! We have to also understand who the real hijackers are. The real hijackers are the people behind the Federal Reserve, and other such frauds that only benefit the elite, and harm the rest of us. Down with the Federal Reserve, down with income tax, down with the IRS, down with Corporate Welfare, down with special interest lobbiest, I could go on and on! *sm*

Answer 5

No, you are not alone,the Democratic/Republican Duopoly ensures that only two candidates have a real chance of winning public office in virtually every election, and each candidate is beholden to corporations and the US aristocracy. Sometimes decent people sneak into Congress and the Judiciary, but there are few real choices for middle and working class Americans, particularly when one factors in the stolen Presidential election of 2000.

I will vote Ron Paul or Dennis Kucinich , I hope both of them will reject the two party Duopoly as I have.

Answer 6

I will never vote for an independant in the presidental elections.
All they do is soak up votes causing a canidate from one of the main parties that appeals to the people who voted for them, to lose votes.
Independants, need to run with one of the two main parties, and either be a RI or a DI in national elections, afterall, they are going to side with one or the other party on bills anyway.
Like you stated, they do need to focus on much smaller elections, before trying to run with the big dogs.
When they gain more popularity where they push one of the two main parties to being a third party, then i might change my mind, but until then, they are just wasting their money on ads in the national elections.

and yes, all the current canidates blow!

Answer 7

I think there are a lot better choices on the republican side. I plan on voting for Ron Paul, but Giuliani and McCain aren't terrible choices (not great but not terrible).

If Al Gore ends up being the next president, I'm moving to Canada. He's as bad as Hillary. At least in Canada you can have some pot to take your mind off the crappy government.

Answer 8

No, you are not alone. I see this same sort of thinking among Dems and Repubs alike. No one is satisfied with who is currently running, either side.
You are correct, it will be a vote for the lesser of the 2 evils in the end.
And I do like Paul, and I wish Al would run also.

Answer 9

Not really. It has been like this in America for 200 years. The system isn't perfect but it works. Could it be better? Sure. Can YOU change it? Sure. Be an activist and learn to be satisfied with progress in steps.

Answer 10

Why don't you start taking a look at the democrats like Obama, or are you only concerned with outlawing abortion that it has to be a conservative?