"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad."
C. S. Lewis
I cannot stress enough the importance of researching 3rd party candidates. We, as American people, eat what is fed to us by the media. We believe as a whole that we are stuck in bipartisan government. This fact bares no truth. The American people hold the balance of our government in our hands. Should we chose, a third party will be introduced this election. Let me assure you, I will do what I can (even though I work full time and go to school full time) to encourage people to vote third party.
The corporations lead our "bipartisan" candidates as if they were puppets. This results in lack of independent minds for our Republican and Democratic presidential candidates. Should they oppose, in any way, the ideas and possible cause of lack of financial advancement for the corporation, their funding gets cut and they lose their platforms. This should lead you to ask yourself this question, "Why haven't third party candidates become popular? Why have I not heard any ads, or any information on third party candidates?" The answer resounds from the fact that the corporations won't endorse candidates that will make them lose money, or restrict them from tapping into our resources.
I could stand on my soap box and write a novel to you. However I am tired, and have a lot on my mind. So I believe it best to leave this short and simple. I don't want you to do something just because I told you to. I want you to take responsibility for your country, and I want you to do research on third party candidates with the knowledge that we are not stuck in a bipartisan system. Vote for who you believe in and not the lesser of two evils.
Though third parties are important and need more research from the people, I do think that the bipartisan majority just works in America. The thing with third parties is that they often focus on one major issue (like the Green Party, the Prohibition Party, the Marijuana Party, etc.) instead of coming up with solution for all the nation's problems. Moreover, they in essence "steal" votes from bigger candidates who share their views with the smaller parties AND have other ideas. Honestly, the first Bush lost the election against Clinton because of Perot taking a good 19% of the votes when he shared similar views to Bush.
The good thing about smaller parties is that they force the bigger ones to take a stance on issues that they normally would not. Obama and McCain would probably not be talking about the environment and abortion if smaller parties were not forcing it upon them.
I agree that people should vote based on who they believe in, but third parties can be a pain for bigger politicians. We fell into a bipartisan system by accident from the beginning with the Federalists and Anti-Federalists.
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Do read my post fully. Not only does it help you understand my point instead of making rash statements, but it also gives me some semblance of faith that people can read and understand an argument.
I voted third party in the last two elections. Both times for the Constitution Party. Peroltka in 2004 and Baldwin in 2008. The Constitution Party is the only Party that is even slightly conservative.
I might have voted for Ron Paul in 2008. His foreign policy is whacky but he is the ONLY honest politician in Washington.