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Originally Posted by Tully Mars
I completely agree with you here.
In this case, personally, I can't cast my ballot for anyone other then Obama. I'm doing that as an expat living in Mexico. But I believe my vote counts in the Oregon tally. I can't see Obama losing Oregon. But that really doesn't matter to me. To me the best choice simply is Obama. No holding my nose, no voting against McCain. Pure and simple... voting for Obama.
I've said it before. I see the US two party political situation like a drug addict or alcoholic. Until the bottom completely falls out it's just more of the same and there won't be any change. Honestly when you look at it we've been at this for a couple hundred years. Maybe it's time to stop thumping our chests and yelling "we're number one, we're number one," take a look around and see if there's anything we could learn from nations that have been doing this for 2, 3 or even 4 times as long.
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the scope of the two-party stranglehold goes beyond the presidential race as well. Imagine that somehow (god forbid) Ron Paul was elected president. How many of his initiatives do you think would make it through Congress as endorsed legislation? I'm guessing none. In other words, even if a "fringe" candidate somehow made it to the White House, the checks and balances of a mostly two-party legislature would effectively neuter that President's agenda.