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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (195970)	7/27/2004 2:03:56 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584946

Ted, As things stand now, third parties can't gain any traction and that's the way the FF wanted it. That's stretching the truth. Throughout this nation's history, third parties for the most part have been instrumental in molding and shaping the policies of the dominant two parties. Just because the current political duopoly makes it extremely tough for third parties to gain any traction doesn't mean the Founding Fathers supposedly wanted it that way. In fact, the first POTUS warned specifically against party politics in general: I would disagree..........I think the impact of third parties has been relatively minor.......certainly not on the level of impact I think CJ was suggesting. For an example, the Libertarian party is the third largest party in the US at the present time. You may disagree with me but I believe its influence and "shaping" of American policies has been relatively minor. Besides, if CJ is talking about a system closer to the European model of multiparties as I took him to mean, a third party would do more than influence policy.......it would take an active role in governing the country. At least that's what I would like to see. usgovinfo.about.com ted