The Two Party System

[Reno]

Indepedant and third parties are set into the US political system. Though its true that they are hard offset due to the US\' 2 party system, its very reasonable to beleive that if a candidate for an independant of third party where voted by a majority of the voters, an independant candidate will be selected.
There really isnt anything FLAWED about the 2 party system, even though it forces a higher standing to the 2 main parties.
Just because it is a 2 party system does not nessiccarily mean that we will be getting 2 morons to run for the presidency. Registering within either main party means that you can attend the party primary and vote for that party\'s candidate. The biggest issue now and days, is that more and more people are registering as independant or a third party, thus excluding themselves from the political primaries(as they are closed primaries, meaning that only those registered under that poitical party can go to the primary and vote for a candidate), and while its true that each person has a right to their own opinion, this can lead to what you say, where the candidates are selected for what they can give to the people paying for them into office(another point about the US political system, but thats for another time) If we where to have those not under a independant party listing, or get those who dont vote, to vote for a candidate for the primaries, you have a much better chance for getting the morons excluded from running the country, or, as you say, get those who are under a third or independant party to vote for their representative. who knows, a independant, non-main party could replace one of the main parties, giving that middle man a better chance to speak for himself(its happened before, look at the republicans)

Anyways, what this incredibly long rant shortens to, is this: its not the fact our system is flawed, but many people not taking the effort to decide for a decent person to run the country.
well...yea....ill just leave it at that then.
-Reno out