<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">I think we need more choices. I find it hard to believe that every Republican and every Democrat agrees 100% with everything their party does or fails to do.<br><br>Take the NSA spying revelations. I've met a few NSA apologists, but most of the people I've talked to are resoundingly negative towards the NSA on this. Which current party is going to take that up? Only third party candidates talk about anything civil liberties related. I've been following the Libertarian Party because I agree with a lot of their platform, but I don't agree with all of it. I think we as voters need to be able to compromise as well. If we had more choices, we could make better decisions.<br><br>For example, I find nothing in your list of platform planks that I couldn't vote
for. Sure, if we've got 50 parties on the ballot, we'll get nowhere. But if there were only three others, such as Independent, Libertarian, and Green, then we would have a chance.<br><br>To get there, though, I think we need to start from the bottom up. Start electing more third party candidates to city councils and mayor's positions, and then start working on the state level. That's just my opinion, though, I'm not a political scientist by any means.<br><br>Paul<br><div><span><br></span></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Friday, October 11, 2013 10:59 AM, Scott Dredge <scooterd408@hotmail.com>
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#yiv7652378677 </style><div><div dir="ltr">I don't see a third party as being viable due to lack of a cohesive constituency. Presently the lines essentially break down into rural (conservative) and urban (liberal). Beyond that, everyone has their own unique idea of what the supposed 'perfect' third party platform would entail. Mine would be heavily slanted toward individual protections chief amongst them freedom of speech, religion, gun ownership, reproductive rights, education, and healthcare to name a few. I'd be against most restrictions on individuals and in favor of regulations to force level playing fields and responsibility on organizations.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-Scott<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><hr id="yiv7652378677stopSpelling">From: thansen@moscow.com<br clear="none">Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:25:55 -0700<br clear="none">To: godshatter@yahoo.com<br clear="none">CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br
clear="none">Subject: Re: [Vision2020] In U.S., Perceived Need for Third Party Reaches New High<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div>The only thing preventing the development of a credibly effective third party is $$$$$.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>A in-the-making third-party can possess every imaginable ethically humane purpose explained in tear-jerking detail within its platform. However, if it lacks sufficient $, their platform will amount to nothing more than office chatter.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.moscowcares.com/">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>"<span style="font-size:medium;">There's room at the
top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size:medium;"> </span></div><span style="font-size:medium;">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size:medium;" clear="none"><span style="font-size:medium;">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span style=""><br clear="none"></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="">- John Lennon<br clear="none"></span></font><div> </div></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><div><br clear="none">On Oct 11, 2013, at 9:18 AM, Paul Rumelhart <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">From <a
rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://gallup.com/">gallup.com</a> (<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/165392/perceived-need-third-party-reaches-new-high.aspx">http://www.gallup.com/poll/165392/perceived-need-third-party-reaches-new-high.aspx</a>)<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><h1><span>In U.S., Perceived Need for Third Party Reaches New High</span></h1><span>Twenty-six percent believe Democratic and Republican parties do adequate job</span><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv7652378677ecxauthorDisplayLine1">by Jeffrey M. Jones</div>
<div><i>This article is part of an</i> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.gallup.com/tag/US+Government+Shutdown.aspx"><i>ongoing series</i></a> <i>analyzing
how the government shutdown and the debate over raising the debt
ceiling are affecting Americans' views of government, government
leaders, political parties, the economy, and the country in general.</i></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;"><i><br clear="none"></i></div>
<div>PRINCETON, NJ -- Amid the government shutdown, 60% of Americans say
the Democratic and Republicans parties do such a poor job of
representing the American people that a third major party is needed.
That is the highest Gallup has measured in the 10-year history of this
question. A new low of 26% believe the two major parties adequately
represent Americans.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">...<br clear="none"></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">Read more and view charts at the link above.</div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0,
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