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Nope. I might vote for them on occasion for pragmatic reasons (like not having Clinton bagman Terry McAuliffe for a governor again), but that's about it. The GOP is not my friend, they just don't seem to hate me quite as much.

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They donтАЩt hate you, they are just cowardly and incompetent

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Challenge: Point out something awful about the GOP that is actually true, rather than being a Democrat claim.

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That's like saying that we have no hope. And no choice. I don't vote for anyone who I don't trust. Usually, I vote Libertarian.

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This entire thread starting from Lee on down to Theophilus is the manifestation of a point I've been trying to convince myself of these past few years:

It's time for a third party.

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In the US political context, third parties always draw inordinately from either the Tweedle Dee or Tweedle Dum (R and D) parties. So, the 3rd party loses AND the party the voter got pulled away from also loses.

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The Whigs faded away as did the Federalists. It can happen

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I would contend that nothing like the entrenched party machines existed then, as it does now and for decades. Those machines are first and foremost geared towards self perpetuation. No US voter alive today has ever known anything serious outside the R - D paradigm. And I voted for Perot as my first vote in 1996.

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Unfortunately, anyone who desires political office tends to be either corrupt or corruptible. It's time for an independent and self sufficient populace.

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