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On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:59:57 +0100 Sebastian Clare <sebthegoo...@gmail.com> writes: > ====================================================================== > > > > > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704901104575423674269169684 .html > > > > The sour national mood appears all-encompassing and is dragging > down > > ratings for the GOP too, suggesting voters above all are > disenchanted > > with the political establishment in Washington. Just 24% express > > positive feelings about the Republican Party, a new low in the > 21-year > > history of the Journal's survey. Democrats are only slightly more > > popular, but also near an all-time low. > > > Seems like any sort of third party would reap a prosperous harvest > from > these numbers, representing as they do a disdain amongst the > electorate for > both the main parties... > > But then, that's First Past The Post for you - almost always leads > to a > choice between a douche and a turd sandwich. Exactly! Friedrich Engels noted that in a letter that he wrote 120 years in which he explored some of the reasons why the US did not have a mass socialist party. And in that respect, little has changed since then. And we shouldn't forget that most states have laws that make it very difficult for third parties to get and retain ballot status. The US electoral system is very much rigged against challengers to the two-party duopoly. Jim Farmelant http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant > > > Solidarity, > Seb > ____________________________________________________________ Penny Stock Jumping 2000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c6535f9aca5810b973m03vuc ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
