** Reply to message from "Paul G. Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 05 May 2008 12:28:40 -0700
> > And I still can't believe we have only a two party system... > > > > We don't! The problem is the voting public is too stupid to realize it. > I'm not voting for any Democrat or Republican (I probably would have > voted for Ron Paul). They are both two sides of the same bad coin. Then let me rephrase that, we have a system so dominated by two parties and our current voting system is so tuned to this system that any 3rd party which gains anything less than a dominating percentage of votes results in the candidate most unlike the two other parties having the majority of the votes. ie, the 3rd party splits voters from the "mainstream" party most like it. it just does not work for an n Party system where n>2 and though I am an undeclared voter, I must vote for the candidate who'll do the least harm based on what harm could conceivably be done. I'm open to suggestions on how this is not the case. Doug -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
