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Politics : The Left Wing Porch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mighty_Mezz who wrote (1707)	12/20/2000 1:09:39 PM
From: hobo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6089

i agree. i was hoping that Jessee Ventura would have been the start of such movement, until the "Reform" party decided to back Buchanan... what an oxymoron ! so the question is... how ? how does this sentiment, (that appears at times, to be the majority), gets organized to become a true representative force to produce such third option ? many times i have thought that the Libertarian party has no chance of success because its participants are so.... "Libertarian" (i.e. each one is independently responsible for each one's actions), that no one becomes the charismatic leader that it takes to "move" a considerable amount of people that it i s necessary in order to overcome the existing two parties. another point is that the media totally destroys any intelligent individual that would desire to be the leader for a move to better things... therefore... we are left with the existing... lowest common denominators...

To: Mighty_Mezz who wrote (1707)	12/20/2000 1:33:14 PM
From: globestocks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6089

Mezz- How about 2004? I'm a firm believer in change, but for that to occur, it has to start from within. The system in place right now lacks compassion while encouraging greed and social irresponsibility. I hate using this election as an example, but I supported Nader from the get-go. After all of this unfolded, I found myself defending my position from whinning liberals how a vote for Nader was a vote for Bush. Not to rag on Gore, but I didn't see that big of a difference except maybe intelligence. I still think if Nader would have gotten 5% of the vote, it would have done more for America's political landscape than electing either Bush or Gore.