Posted On: September 18, 2008, 10:47 am CDT

Posted By: Peon Agent

Well, we have definitely veered from the topic ...but, since we're on a roll, I'd like to add my 2 cents.

Both of you have legitimate points ...isn't that very democratic of me?

Let me state for the record, I would like to vote for the most Conservative candidate in any election. On the National level, and on an "electable" basis, that has been a Republican as long as I've been able to vote. On a local level, there is an occasional deviation from that ticket, and I'm not a party staight-ticket kind of guy.

I would LOVE to do better, however. If only there was a 3rd Party candidate that didn't deserve a straight jacket. Ross Perot nearly fit that bill ...until near the end when he did two things that changed my mind. He chose his VP, and I thought it did that hero a severe disservice to throw him ignorantly into that vicious arena with an apparent lack of preperation. Second, he started babbling like a crack-ho. What happened to his wisdom at the end, I still can't explain.

Prior to, and ever since, I have seen no option besides the Pachyderm and the Donkey. I can only wish for the day that will change, though. The Repubs have gone down the toilet since they tasted power and became corrupted. It's easy to do, and the outside power-brokering influences have a game plan that rarely fails. I will definitely sign up for that 3rd Party candidate if he/she every arrives again!

That brings us to the problem that both Mike and Joe Mama's last postings demonstrate. Both of you are right!

There's a chicken and egg situation that's very nearly impossible to solve ...and the 2 parties know it. The only thing that's going to give a 3rd Party candidate any chance is an intelligent and vibrant candidate. But, unfortunately, that takes years of focused grooming. Until then, all this theory is for naught. And, who's going to do the grooming? There's no legitimate organization to lead it. Ron Paul? As a fellow Texan, I think I have the right to say, yeah right.

So, Mike, are you truly going to risk the highest National position, to such a liberal unknown as BO, in your zeal to have a 3rd party garner about 5 points? This is just my opinion, but a Liberal Congress, and a Liberal President, is NOT going to be influenced in the slightest by those kind of numbers. What more conservative folks need to realize is that for a majority of liberals, that is their religion. So, even if they are in a severe minority, they will do what they force their opinion of what is best on anyone possible. With that Congress and the President in their stable, the American peoples will is unimportant. In proof, all you need to look at is the drill for oil situation (and, I hope we don't veer into whether that's right or wrong because that's not the point).

Anyway, if the two parties don't get back to the Constitution, there are limited options for us. Revolt or acceptance of an increasingly Socialist government and eventually a Dictatorship.

Sad...