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[sophiaserpentia]

"Libertarians are now serving, in effect, as Democratic Party operatives."

from A Third Party on the Right

This is just as infuriating to read as the argument that Greens are Republican operatives. One reason people turn to the Green Party or the Libertarian Party is that they feel they've been failed by and excluded from the status quo. Another reason is that the mainstream voice does not speak for them. If a conservative cannot, in good conscience, vote for the Republican candidate, this does NOT mean his or her vote for a Libertarian or Reform candidate is "as good as" a vote for the Democrats. Saying that because your favorite candidate lost on election day is simply cynical.

People who are social liberals and fiscal conservatives have no political home in America, even though a party carving out this position might well win a majority.

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For the most part I'd rather see a Democrat in a given office than a Republican, but given the Democrats' record over the last two years, I can honestly say I'm not sure what difference it would make anymore. They are playing along with the inner cabal's plan to rule the world, afraid I suppose of being completely marginalized. I'm also not sure that they would have handled things differently post-Sept. 11.

The plan to invade Iraq as a prelude to creating a global empire has nothing to do with "conservative" or "liberal." It has to do with power hunger, pure and simple. Liberals are just as capable of being seduced by the dark side as conservatives.

Frankly, I'd rather see the two-party system topple completely, because of the wasted energy and resources that go along with getting things done when you have to navigate through partisan politics, and now that we've seen what can happen when a particularly vocal and motivated minority can do once it hijacks one of the two parties.