Your trying to say Im crazy for wanting to try to change things
No, I don't think anyone here has said that. I have wanted to change things most of my adult life.
If I had my way, I'd have a real conservative or libertarian type to vote for. I'd have another Ronald Reagan on my ballot if I could. But I don't.
And until the LP, or some other party, does what I outlined above and starts earning people's respect sufficiently to be taken seriously and winning seats, the 2 main parties are what it's gonna be.
That isn't fatalism, it's a simple observation of the facts. Like it or not, that's how it works right now.
This is the reality. This is what's on the table and at stake in this election:
GW Bush, who is not anywhere near being the conservative I want in the White House, or one of these others, most of whom are so driven by the lure of power they would rather see America suffer huge losses in Iraq simply because that would give them a better chance of winning an election here, most of whom would not act on matter of our national security without asking permission from the UN first, who would train wreck our just-recovering economy. People who, on EVERY matter, have the arrogance to think that they know better than you & should therefor make your decisions for you.
Votes for a 3rd party, or not voting at all, is the functional equivalent of voting for one of these people.
Everyone has the right to vote how they wish. I personally think we also have the responsibility to understand what the actual consequences of that vote is. In 1992 my son voted for Perot (his first election to vote in). I asked him if he wanted Clinton to win? He replied that no, he didn't, but he knew Bush was going to win. He just wanted to "send him a message by casting a protest vote".
Well, he sent him a message all right, and we got 8 years of Clinton. I knew that was a very real possibility, that's what occurred, and I dang sure wish it hadn't.
The 9 Dwarfs are not even Clinton. They are all to the left of him.
Another election, with a different political evironment may be another thing. This year, 2004, it's going to be a republican or a democrat. If you vote for a 3rd party, it serves to help elect the dem.
You may not see much difference beween Bush & the dems. I do, and I see some huge ones. But there is ALWAYS a difference, even if it's small. Sometimes the difference is between "bad" and "worse", which may seem small, but is really a much bigger distinction than that between "good" and "better".