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To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (3264)	10/2/2003 8:48:37 PM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20039

One thing that has been frustrating for Libertarians is the way the Green party took the country by storm in the 2000 election cycle. The Libertarians have been around in the U.S. for at least a decade longer than the Greens (I believe the Libertarians came into being in 1972), but they never mounted a Presidential campaign as successful as the Greens in 2000. Perhaps they need a higher profile Libertarian candidate to bring in the votes. Also, the Greens have made more gains on the local level than the Libertarians have. You're right, there really isn't much reason to vote Democratic or Republican anymore. They're both in service to the wealthy elites. Both institutionalized corruption. Both don't have the common man's interest in mind. It's finally time that people defected to third parties and voted their concience. I have been a registered Democrat all of my life. I have sympathy for some of the Libertarian positions, especially drug legalization (I have to commend them for coming out in favor of drug legalization before anyone dare mention it) and other civil liberties positions. But, I think I'm more of a Greenie on social issues and economic issues. I'm way too much of a collectivist to vote Libertarian, and the Greens support drug legalization too. So, perhaps I'll be voting Green this time around, unless the Dems put forward a really progressive ticket with Dean at the top.