You know something that I would *love* to see is a Third Party

[Crazy Guggenheim]

out in front in a national election for a very short time. It would be so funny to watch how they respond when they're in "the big leagues". They would get eaten alive so fast! As bad as it sounds it would be funny. Let's see how they would deal with the press smearing them, being a target of Karl Rove, maybe a 527 being organized against them and so forth. Let's not forget Tweety complaining about their clothes.

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

[leftstreet]

1. C G you're gonna get a DUI

I'm just sayin.
WHAT are you doing in GD?
:rofl:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

2. I guess I'm in one of thoughs moods tonight.

:popcorn:

[leftstreet]

3. THEY won't let US have a third party

But I think we could rock the system with Dems and Repubs in the House and Senate...and an Independent President.
:popcorn:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

4. Awwwww. Poor babies.

:popcorn:

[leftstreet]

5. I'm so proud I was in before the lock.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

9. There's nothing here that should be locked.

:popcorn: :popcorn: :rofl:

[leftstreet]

10. ..

:rofl:

[Heidi]

6. You know what I'd *love* to see in our country?

A coalition government.

:popcorn:

[leftstreet]

7. OMG! You're talking cooperation. Conciliation. Peace.

:beer:

[Heidi]

17. Yeah. It'll never happen.

How ya doin', fellow Nighthawk? :hi:

[leftstreet]

24. Hey!

:hi:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

8. Fine, but what about the Third Parties?

[Heidi]

11. Well, gosh, Crazy, I do believe

we'd have to have at least three parties to form a coalition. But you're welcome to check my math. :)

[Crazy Guggenheim]

12. Well. Let's see the Third Parties do it. That includes the Libertarian,

Green, etc.

:popcorn:

[leftstreet]

13. You forgot Democratic Socialists

[Crazy Guggenheim]

15. Sure let's see them do it.

:popcorn:

[Heidi]

14. Our current government

is set up to accommodate a two-party system, not a coalition government. In my opinion, the Big Two (which are really the Big One, name cooperations) would _never_ allow a third party, much less a fourth or fifth, to gain any momentum. So, essentially, you and I agree.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

18. But, the third parties *have* to think of something to make them more

viable. Then they can change the system.

:popcorn: :popcorn:

[Heidi]

21. I wouldn't disagree.

But I think our culture first has to get to the tipping point, where desperation for a different approach is a catalyst for change.

:popcorn:

[leftstreet]

22. Uh...healthcare. Troops out of Iraq. Jobs/wages.

Ya want more?
:popcorn:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

28. I agree. But I would love to see them get out in front and see them

make their own case for it. Then see if they can do better ........ :rofl:

:popcorn:

[leftstreet]

31. Hello? We're providing A LOT of jobs to contractors in Iraq!

We have to employ them over there - so we don't have to employ them over here.
Hello.
:rofl:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

32. LOL

:rofl: :spray: :popcorn:

[leftstreet]

35. LOL! And just WHERE are the MODS?

Were they sucked into some kind of vortex during the blackout?
:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. I, on the other hand,

would like to see no parties. Just candidates and issues.

[leftstreet]

19. Right on!

:thumbsup:

Of course, CG wouldn't know how to vote.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

25. In my area there are some races where affliation is not listed.

Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."

"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"

His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.

Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"

:popcorn: :popcorn:

[leftstreet]

26. R.O.F.L.

DU is definitely at Threat Level 10. If this thread can still be active.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

20. Some local elections are run that way. Some Districts do not have

a Party Affliation listed.

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[leftstreet]

23. Out here in the Wild West we don't "affiliate."

We want ALL the bastards brought to us.
So we can vote them in.

[Oeditpus Rex]

36. Depends on the office

City councils, school boards, stuff like that, it's not required, and in most cases discouraged.

A rival newspaper once printed the affiliations of a couple of council candidates and got slammed for it.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

38. Well there it is. But, let;s see how they do when their Party is in the

spotlight?

:popcorn: :popcorn:

[LWolf]

50. Ok.

As long as those candidates aren't backed by faux "thinktanks," "pacs," and organizing groups that act like "parties." Or by corporations.

[Heidi]

27. Nominated.

This is a discussion worth having, if we can keep the brazilian joke out of it.

[leftstreet]

29. ..

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
I just voted for it.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

30. But seriously. I think it's a damn good topic.

:popcorn: :popcorn:

[leftstreet]

33. Straight up. A third party would force the Dems to re-evaluate.

:thumbsup:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

37. Well the Greens sure as hell helped that. Especially with their

Republican funding. Notice how quickly they turned to anyone. What would they do in the spotlight?

:popcorn: :popcorn:

[leftstreet]

39. Duh...they'd "go green."

(I don't know what that means.)

:popcorn:

[obxhead]

34. well CG...

Have you forgotten the parrot (Perot) and all the shit he stirred up? Third parties do have the ability to change things (or stir the pot anyway).

[Crazy Guggenheim]

40. I haven't forgotten it. But what happened to The Reform Party?

Pat Buchannan ran in 2000 as their Presidential Candidate. I heard they're more divided than the Democrats. Oh, The Reform Party also endorsed Nader in some states.

:popcorn:

[obxhead]

44. I think

I'm with ya here.

the third party seems to be a joke at best, but it is amazing what can happen when you throw a huge amount of money at it.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

45. BTW, I do think they bring up some issues that get brought to the

forefront. For example, Perot and the deficit. He really made it front and center.

:popcorn:

[obxhead]

46. I think

he took a lot of mud out of the contest. He brought up the issues and forced a few (very few) answers out of the other candidates.

I'm sure the loot made all the difference though.

[leftstreet]

41. Admiral James Stockwell

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

42. May he RIP.

[leftstreet]

43. True.

He was much more than a SNL skit.
:cry:

[Appalachian_American]

47. never mind

[Jim Lane]

48. I would love to see a serious *RW* third party

Picture it: The Constitution Party nominates Judge Roy Moore in 2008, and he diverts enough votes from fundies and paleocons that Russ Feingold gets elected with 48% of the vote.

Yeah, I know, I'm dreaming. Only on the left do you find such self-defeating stupidity.

[rucky]

49. Why do you suppose there's so much vested interest...

in maintaining a two-party system?

Other democracies have lotsa parties.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

52. I don't know. I'd just love see these Third Party candidates be put

under the microscope.

:popcorn:

[EFerrari]

51. Like, we're not smeared already.

:)