On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:58:31 -0400, jim
wrote:

+++Frank Gilliland wrote:
+++
+++ On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:24:29 -0400, jim wrote
+++ in :
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+++ snip
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+++No arguement from me on that. Independant party(s) are too weak to form
+++any opposition........
+++
+++
+++
+++ I'm not talking an "independent party" because there isn't such a
+++ thing. Personally, I have to side with Ben Franklin and say that
+++ political parties should be illegal. After all, some of the most
+++ infamous dictators rose to power as a member of a political party
+++ within an apparently legitimate and democratic form of government:
+++
+++ From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictators:
+++
+++ "Modern dictators have usually come to power in times of emergency.
+++ Frequently they have seized power by coup, but some, most notably
+++ Benito Mussolini in Italy and Adolf Hitler in Germany, achieved office
+++ by legal means and once in power gradually eroded constitutional
+++ restraints."
+++
+++ Sounds a lot like what Bush is doing, huh?
+++
+++
+++
+++
+++For some reason Ross Perot springs to mind.
+++
+++Agreed about what Bush is up to.
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Perot had the money to fund a major portion of his own campaign. Still
the rules for a 3rd party are really stacked against a 3rd party from
gaining any significant ground.

In fact the system is so static that for someone new to get elected on
a national level they either have to resign or die in office.
Something like 95% of all incumbents win reelection. Once in, itis
hard to get them out.

james