I have been following all that is said and questions raised about this election and the candidates involved. Politics is a dirty, messy business and I often wonder why anyone would subject themselve to the abuse and mud slinging that goes hand in hand with campaigning. We have 3 liberals vying for a single position when along comes a spoiler that says he is a true conservative and an alternate choice. This brought back elections with Ralph Nadar, Ross Perot and Lyndon LaRouche as well as some others. It got me to thinking and I would like to present this for all to contemplate.
Competition is what makes business and the world go round. We get a better product and a better price when companies and people compete. If nothing else, we get choice in what we would like to have. This election will be a stinker of great proportions. Apathy abounds. There is no one great candidate now or on the horizon. So that everyone has a chance to feel good about pulling a lever (or whatever means to make vote) I propose that all parties start their signature campaigns to get on ballot for all 50 states. Let’s have the Independents, Constitutionalists, Nazi, Communist, Queer, Blue Hair, Julio, Bikers-R-Us, Green, Veagan, Whig, Tory and any other party that wants to get involved. I am dead serious here, folks. There is absolutely no reason that this counrty needs to be a 2 or 3 party system. Most other countries aren’t. And being that the Republican Party is no longer my party of choice since they ate and vomited their values and mission statement, I would like to have other choices. Why eat chicken every day when you can have beef, pork or fish. We need the competition and it will help to remove the eletists from the ranks of the “2″ parties. The main concern is that there are steadfast differences between parties and I mean more than just one issue or belief.
I want my friends to vote. I want voting to be fun and soothing. I want people involved in the political process and understanding their country. I want us to be “We, the people..” again. Most of all, I want to be heard. Give me some choices!