One regularly hears from columnists and pundits this goofy idea that there's something wrong with America because we only have two parties, that somehow there isn't a voice for moderation in our political discourse.
As a rebuttal, I submit one Paul Le Page, republican Governor of Maine. Mr. Le Page this week declared that the IRS will eventually come to kill us off, a la the Gestapo. Mr. Le Page won the governorship in 2010 thanks to a third party split of the vote--he won with 38% of the vote, which means that 62% of the people in Maine did not want this loser for their governor. Thanks to an idiotic third party, a certifiable nutjob was elected.
I suppose there are those who would say that sometimes democracy is ugly, and they may well be right. But the first time a Hitleresque candidate is elected because of some quixotic voice of moderation bid it may be a lot uglier than any of us could imagine.
Peace,
emaycee
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