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To Mark's final point on a third party - I thought it was interesting when Bill Maher called out the Occupy Wall Street Movementers for not forming some form of
by rickdale 14y ago
To Mark's final point on a third party - I thought it was interesting when Bill Maher called out the Occupy Wall Street Movementers for not forming some form of a party and getting people to run for seats. His argument was that the Tea Party had successfully done this and were on the far right of every issue. The occupiers could take up the room on the far left side and make their case.
Ultimately American politics continue to be corrupt and not even Obama could change that. I am a supporter still though.
- s_baby 14y agoA third party would dilute votes between the liberal candidates giving the Republican candidate a win. The Tea Party candidates ran as Republicans.
- bluedanieru 14y agoSadly, the OWS focus on inclusion weakens it politically. It's really hard to rally around a movement that makes a point of attempting to reach across to people whose entire outlook on life you find toxic and appalling. There are people in the US, and they are probably overrepresented in the Tea Party, who harm the nation in direct proportion to their influence on national policy. They need to be defeated utterly, their ideology rendered nothing more than a curious historical footnote. Not parleyed and compromised with and OWS deliberately discourages this. They shot themselves in the foot.