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Originally posted by Moses
You have two choices in this country, vote democratic and watch the government get handed over to special interest groups or vote republican and have the Christian evangelicals run things. Both parties will spend your money at a staggering and wasteful pace. Nice choices, huh?
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I'd say the government today is very much in the hands of special interest groups -- like oil companies, drug companies, etc.
With the Democrats, it'd just be different special interests.
The parallels go further: the Repubs have the Rapture Righties and the Dems have labor unions.
So pick your poison. It's PAC money that's created two parties beholden to powerful lobbies. That and 'soft' money that's laundered into RNC and DNC coffers.
Can an unfunded third party ever get significant votes? No. The rules prevent it. So your only viable option is to work from within the party of your choice.