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Originally Posted by willravel
True, maybe bandaid isn't the right comparison between GOP and Dems. Electing a Democrat is like dealing with the gunshot wound from the GOP by stabbing yourself, in the back. The third party bandaid may not appear to help, but at least it's a step in the right direction. With enough movement in the direction of healing, one may someday no longer have a gaping wound.
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I'm having a hard time seeing the Democratic hemorrhaging or knife wound. I think they accomplished quite a bit in 7 months of Congressional leadership and holding Bush accountable for the actions of his administration. Sure, I would like to have seen then show more balls on the war, protection of Constitutional rights and a few other issues... but I will pressure them from within rather than abandon them for this shortcoming.
A third party or unity candidate has never healed anything in 200+ years of our democracy, even during the worse times in our history (civil war, great depression, 60s vietnam and race relations). During these times and throughout our history, the two major parties have often self-corrected from within in response to the voters.
There is nothing from that history to suggest that what you and Pan are proposing would be more effective or have any lasting effect....and it would be exceedingly more difficult than correcting from within.