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To: TimF who wrote (90)	6/14/2005 10:19:55 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 492

re: Sometimes all of the established parties start to look so bad that a "none of the above" party can come in and actually win, but it doesn't happen that often, and when it does the new party has to form a base or it will probably be on its way out in an election or two. Well, I think the established parties look that bad. But I disagree that a third party win doesn't happen very often; I think it never happens. At least in the short term. But when you have a ideologically polarized, almost evenly divided political situation, a third party that does nothing but make pragmatic sense to the middle class, can be the decisive minority. The platform is what counts, not the party. I've been around a long time. The country is more politically dysfunctional than I ever remember. The Dems/Reps are not cutting compromise deals, they are not thinking about whats best for the country. There is just the "agenda", on each side. It's killing us at a critical time in our history. Something needs to be done beyond sniping at each other.