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bothwell (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 04:18 AM Original message |
Third party poltics |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 04:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. Republicans started as a "third party" when one of two major parties |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 04:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Although in this case I think there would be |
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bothwell (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 04:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Split |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 04:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. That's what libertarians WERE trying to do... |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 04:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. the business wing would get to keep the name |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 11:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Not necessarily. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. decent split on cultural issues, but not economic ones |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. if we have three parties pushing highly unpopular neoliberal economics |
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Brundle_Fly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 04:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. Calling..... |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 05:05 AM Response to Original message |
7. we need a party to that represents the views of the vast majority |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
8. I doubt it, here's why |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
9. I would love more options. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
10. Third parties won't make much progress under the current |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. Our electoral system naturally results in a two-party battle... |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
15. nobody's party will win until the voting is unrigged |
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bothwell (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 07:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Electoral system |
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