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Dec. 24, 2005 Could a legitimate third party candidate have a chance in 2008? No, I don’t mean a Ross Perot (his ears were too big) or a Ralph Nader (blah, blah, blah). I mean a real plausible candidate. Let’s face it, the country is split down the middle, right and left. So why not find some one willing to walk the middle tightrope? Can John McCain? Can Clark or Lieberman? Forbes or Bradley? It seems to me the water temperature for someone not playing to rightwing music or the liberal dance is warm. Warm enough for swimming. Personally, I believe a third party would make a great alternative to this vicious dichotomy between philosophies. We want someone that can influence both sides of the aisle in Congress, someone not influenced by big business or industries. We need a grassroots candidate, one willing to listen to his/her fellow citizens and constituents. We have seen third party or independents win. Jesse Venture was an example. The biggest problem facing a third party winner, as Jesse would assure you, is finding support from both sides of the aisle. Jesse was a lame duck, maybe a lame goose is a more appropriate title. If not a third party, what? I am a liberal, but I am smart enough to realize every word out a liberal’s mouth is not gospel, likewise with the preaching of the radical right. I would not be afraid to vote Republican if McCain would step up to the plate and be willing to play a fair game by not leaning towards the crony (ism) existing currently in the Capital. Likewise, if Hillary would decide to run, I’d vote for her if she truly took the middle road. The same goes for Condi Rice and John Edwards, both are smart enough to know that our current division in this country has to be bridged somehow.
Aren’t readers getting just a little case of the ho-hums from all the bantering and mud slinging going on between the right and left. I am sick of watching CNN, MSNBC and other major networks promoting these circular ballyhoos. Damn, give me the Home Shopping Network. I can at least find a useful tool for around the house, or maybe one of those Ronco “set it and forget it” things. It’s too bad we can’t set things correctly in this country and “forget it.”
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