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A Third Voice for 2012
Topic Started: Feb 20 2012, 01:26 AM (164 Views)
Chris
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I don't usually agree with Thomas L. Friedman, and really it's only what I cite below that I do agree with now. I might could vote for a third party candidate simply to try and break up the current duopoly (monopoly, imo, because I see no difference).

A Third Voice for 2012
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EVENTUALLY the “circular firing squad” that is the Republican primary will be over and the last man standing will be the party’s nominee for president. If that candidate is Rick Santorum, I think there is a good chance a Third Party will try to fill the space between the really “severely conservative” Santorum (or even Mitt Romney) and the left-of-center Barack Obama. It would be fitting. After all, this is the 20th anniversary of Ross Perot’s independent candidacy. Perot won close to 20 percent of the vote, and his success was instrumental in making deficit reduction one of Bill Clinton’s top priorities. An independent candidate in 2012 who was a little more, shall we say, “normal” than Perot could have an equally big impact on the winner. I still don’t know if I’d support an independent. Like others, I worry about electing the wrong person by accident. (See: Ralph Nader and George W. Bush.) But I know what I’d pay good money to see: an intelligent independent candidate just taking part in the presidential debates, because it would make both Obama and his Republican opponent better....
Edited by Chris, Feb 20 2012, 01:27 AM.
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Thumper
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"Intelligent Independent".Therein lies the problem.
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Chris
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Already have that problem.
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