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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (207690)	10/20/2004 2:12:17 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573924

We tend to think of U.S. political history as a tale of two parties — one leaning right, one leaning left, but both predominantly moderate and mainstream. Third parties have occasionally made a significant impact, however, and arguably the two most influential in American history ran on ultra-right-wing platforms that would send shivers up the spines of Ralph Nader voters. Now, with loyalty to the major parties sagging and the average recent vote for third-party candidates at its highest level since the 1930s, some political experts are predicting a third-party renaissance. I agree that certain times in this country have generated the development of third parties, but I don't agree that they are as strong an influence as the discussion in your post would suggest. They tend to represent a small but vocal minority who feel threatened by current events. And yes, I do think this is one of those times.......especially if Bush loses. I don't think Europeans and others fully get the regional differences in this country. We are not always one big happy family esp. at times like this. The current feud clearly has been simmering for decades. And now, it looks like its getting ready to boil over. ted