Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:53 PM 7/31/04 -0500, Jeffery Smith wrote: >My beef is that the Republicans and Democrats feel that they must hold >mutually exclusive views, which puts them at opposite poles, i.e., way >to the left or way to the right. To me, that makes voting little more >than the lesser of the two evils. I wish there were a good >middle-of-the-road Independent that wasn't a kook like Nader or Perot. I >sort of liked John Anderson way back when. Jeffery As a rational anarchist, I can honestly say that none of the national US parties advocate my spin on things. Still, I will cheerfully vote this November for my Republican congressman who does me the courtesy of sending me three-page letters whenever I suggest that he do something outre such as sponser the Fair Tax Act. But, in the end, if you find the Republicans "too far to the right" (gag me! the Republicans have never been a right-wing party and have never advocated true right-wing policies) and the Democrat Party "too far to the left" (with the same caveat: I can introduce you to dozens of folks who find the Democrat party mainstream and nothing more), then form your own party and run for office yourself. This truly is a case of put up or shut up. Imagine, the "Great American Middlin' Mish-Mash Party" with its candidate for office, Jeffrey Smith, the man who stands for nothing ... and contemplate how well that one would fly in our Arena of Ideas. (And recall that most telling of comments, from that epic social critic of our times, Jefferson Davis Futch III: 'the Middle of the Road is inhabited by yellow streaks and dead skunks".) Marc msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!