[OfB Talk] Re: [Foss-cafe] No. 43 Gets 4 More Years! (Kerry Concedes)

[Timothy R. Butler]

> Actually, Fred, so am I.
>
> The better choice, I feel, although, as in the UK, I wonder how much 
> Bush support is a vote against Kerry, rather than a vote for Bush.
>
> That's what you get with a two horse race.

	That's true. In a way, I think it would be nice if we had some kind of 
run off election system so that at times (not this election, obviously, 
but in 92, 96 and 00) that there was less than a 50% majority, you 
might have a chance for a third party candidate to really impact the 
election.

	On the other hand, I think the U.S. could actually be fairly third 
party friendly. The problem, IMO, is that our "other parties" are 
typically on the fringe. I like the Libertarians, but they go too far 
into eliminating government even for a conservative like me. The 
constitutional party seems to have some good ideas, but they also are a 
bit too radical (e.g. advocating ignoring laws and the court when they 
disagree) and too isolationist.

	Some of the other parties, like the Reform party, only agree 
internally on what they oppose rather than what they support -- another 
fatal problem. The Reform party presidential candidate in 2000 was far 
right-winger Pat Buchannan followed by left of Kerry left winger Ralph 
Nader this year. The uniting cause seems to be merely a belief against 
NAFTA.

	Maybe some of you people from the other side of the pond could import 
a good third party over here that might actually give the other two a 
run for their money. :-)

	-Tim

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