tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323117222166894889.post4043460105379613541..comments2023-10-31T10:06:36.202-04:00Comments on Diary of a Right Wing Pussycat: We Need a Viable Third PartyKidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323117222166894889.post-52958938695128278112009-07-17T19:22:02.724-04:002009-07-17T19:22:02.724-04:00I can't think of many options that would be wo...I can't think of many options that would be worse right now.<br><br>Whichever group may be able to rise to a position to truely have a shot at the White House is going to need to be recognizable and trusted by a large percentage of the population. It needs all those elements that Obama had all across the media, the voting process, and the buy in from the power brokers in the country - The Black community, the Unions, All those other groups that vote in unison for the most part.<br><br>Sure, Obama came from nowhere, but he was associated with a brand that everyone knew - Democrat, with a whole lot of brain dead suckers already on board<br><br>Serious contenders will need to draw large numbers from both sides of the current two party system.<br><br>I'm thinking it will require getting some of them into lower level positions like Congress and Senate and getting them performing in attractive ways and communicating effectively.<br><br>Man, that's a tall order and it isn't going to happen by 2012 or even 2016 in my opinion. I also think people really need to get stung by the Democrat policies and recognize who brought the pain. Almost seems like an impossible series of events.<br><br>And the current regime isn't going down without a balls to the wall fight, which I translate as no holds barred.<br><br>Maybe the best case/only hope, would be what happened in Honduras.The_Kidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323117222166894889.post-75803844650932754232009-07-17T18:26:37.403-04:002009-07-17T18:26:37.403-04:00This is the one I'm considering. I'm a bit...<a href="http://theamericanconservatives.org/cms/" rel="nofollow">This</a> is the one I'm considering. I'm a bit leery of their "preemptive" strike mentality; I'm more of a Buchanonite in that I support helping our allies, and allied factions, to handle their own problems. BUT...I can cede that one issue if I get Federalism...because we sure as hell don't have it with the current two-party system.<br><br>Naturally, the problem with any three-party system would be deal-making with one of the other two parties, so you'd never get true Federalism. But I think, in fact I know, the Founders knew that their system would eventually produce what we have today...they were so cognizant and warned of coming tyranny in just about everything they wrote. But anything that gets us moving BACK in the direction of Federalism, just a bit, is better than what goes on inside the Beltway, and will continue to go on if we don't wise the F up.Dr. Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823805913522030434noreply@blogger.com