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Why don't we do away with party politics altogether? Trying to get on the ballot as a "Libertarian" or a member of the "Green" party is next door to impossible in many states. Why's that? Because the supposedly ideologically opposed Democrats and Republicans want it that way. I say to hell with parties and make the candidates appeal to the masses on their own merits instead of some "platform" that the candidate may or may not agree with.

Maybe (and I mean a big maybe) there is some sort of measurable difference between Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani. Same between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. We'll never know as long as we all cling on to the two-party system. Fred and Rudy are spending so much time pandering to "mainstream" Republicans that we don't hear their "real views" until they bag the party's nomination. (Same for Hillary and Barack). By the time the general election comes around the final two candidates will be trying so hard to sound like their parties' platforms, we'll still never get an idea as to what distinguishes them. And, for someone like me, we end up "throwing our votes away" by voting for Ralph Nader (or whoever).

The point is, we don't need a viable "third party" in America. We need viable candidates not afraid to tell us the truth and not afraid to "buck" the wishes of the party. We don't need three parties in America-we need no parties.

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