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To: RetiredNow who wrote (287067)	5/7/2006 9:09:14 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572264

"He may not be correct, but I'd bet a 3rd party would get alot of votes right about now." I know it would. Which is why I set up a board to discuss the issue. But it went down in a blaze of partisan bickering...

To: RetiredNow who wrote (287067)	5/7/2006 11:37:45 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572264

What are you talking about? There are DOZENS of "third parties" right now, and every election. Take your pick: politics1.com ALL of these will be competing to be the "alternative" to the two main parties. The best that has EVER occurred is that one has drawn enough votes from one of the two main parties to allow the other to win. Some notable "spoiler" third party Presidential candidates that come to mind: George Wallace Ross Perot Ralph Nader en.wikipedia.org These third party candidates just enabled their ideological opposites to win. I'm really pulling for another Ross Perot to emerge - maybe on the immigrant issue? He wouldn't win, but would insure the Republicans lose. This is the form of democracy I would prefer to live under: en.wikipedia.org