RP: Reject the two-party system
"The strongest message can be sent by rejecting the two-party system. This can be accomplished by voting for one of the non-establishment, principled candidates."
Libertarian-leaning congressman Ron Paul is urging voters to reject John McCain and Barack Obama and support one of the third-party candidates for president.
Paul, a Republican who abandoned his White House bid earlier this year, is gathering some of the candidates, independent Ralph Nader among them, on Wednesday to make his plea.
"The strongest message can be sent by rejecting the two party system," Paul said in prepared remarks obtained by The Associated Press. "This can be accomplished by voting for one of the non-establishment, principled candidates."
He recommended Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party, former Georgia Republican Rep. Bob Barr of the Libertarian Party, former Georgia Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney of the Green Party and possibly others. He invited them to his news conference Wednesday.
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We should be sick and tired of this two-party system. I am sure folks can praise this sort of "representative democracy," but the way both major parties work to limit the influence and scope of any third-party is undemocratic!
Why do we not complain about the amount of gerrymandering that is going on which guarantees that 95% of incumbents are re-elected? Why do we not complain about the government's massive deficits which includes the latest figure of $407 billion for this year? Why do we not complain when our national debt reaches past $10 trillion? Why do we always pick the lesser of two evils?
It's either the socialist Democrats or the fascist Republicans. Their core activists have driven out the moderates and the centrists and they use slick advertising and the usual slogans to convince the mainstream of America that they are the best party to lead America. We have gone through four decades of Democrats then 12 years of Republicans. Are we supposed to go along with this cycle of Democrats for another couple of years before the voters change their minds again?
It is time to "ruin" this election. There cannot be just Obama and McCain. It is time to overthrown the current establishment.
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