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theusername · 02-21-2004, 09:35 AM

Good point jizz i'll add in an edit.

The overwhelming majority of american "voters" are smack in the middle of the political spectrum. The majority of independent voters are actually slightly more conservative.

Your on the money when you say, "Nader is doing this to force the Democrats to the left." But if you move the Democratic party to the left it will lose touch with american voters. Instead of the Democrats picking and choosing important battles to liberals, it will lose all their battles, run more McGovern's, turn back the clock and once again become the joke of US politics, as leftist loonies.

And as an independent who pretty much likes to see an equal number of Democrats and Republicans in the house and senate, this would not be a good thing for US politics.

Thats just how i see it

Yes, I would like to vote for someone who's values match my own, but neither of these candidates do and if a 3rd party candidate did I still would not vote for him on the basis that I want my vote to count. I will vote for the person whos values are closer.

02-21-2004, 09:35 AM	#9 (permalink)
theusername Insane	Good point jizz i'll add in an edit. The overwhelming majority of american "voters" are smack in the middle of the political spectrum. The majority of independent voters are actually slightly more conservative. Your on the money when you say, "Nader is doing this to force the Democrats to the left." But if you move the Democratic party to the left it will lose touch with american voters. Instead of the Democrats picking and choosing important battles to liberals, it will lose all their battles, run more McGovern's, turn back the clock and once again become the joke of US politics, as leftist loonies. And as an independent who pretty much likes to see an equal number of Democrats and Republicans in the house and senate, this would not be a good thing for US politics. Thats just how i see it Yes, I would like to vote for someone who's values match my own, but neither of these candidates do and if a 3rd party candidate did I still would not vote for him on the basis that I want my vote to count. I will vote for the person whos values are closer. __________________ ? Last edited by theusername; 02-21-2004 at 03:09 PM..