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In reply to the discussion: Why The "H" Is Obama Pushing TPP?. It Will Destroy Any Legacy He Has. [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Are showing consistently that people want to do something other than vote for Demcorats or Republcians, (especially since more and more peopel figure out that the Democrats are the current day Republicans, and the real Democrats are non existent.)
Both in polls taken the spring of 2008, and polls taken over the last 18 months show that a mere 36% of all Americans consider themselves to be Democrats. And a mere 22 to 24% consider themselves to be Republicans.
So only around 60% of all voters care about the bought and paid for Corporatists, who mouth liberal platitudes during election cycles but sell us out once in office.
That leaves the majority, some 40% of us, trying to reform one of the two parties, or simply joining a third party.
The Libertarians are very popular right now, since neither of the two Major Parties are showing much initiative around the legalization of cannabis.
And talking to a friend today, someone who was active in the early days of the civil rights struggle, she is saying she would vote for Perot. She called my fears about his being a racist unfounded fears. She is almost eighty - if Perot's "government off my back and out of my medical cabinet" views have her support, I can only imagine that younger people are thinking about the wisdom in that message.
Even Rolling Stone, which has gone bananas over Obama, has had articles on the cannabis legalization issue, saying that Hillary Clinton needs to get on board whole heartedly, rather than being agaisnt it. Or she will find her match in a third party candidate.