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Old 10-02-2010, 10:29 AM   #10
piercehawkeye45
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Originally Posted by Spexxvet View Post
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
This is why third parties will never be the "solution" to our two party system. It all comes down to power. There are a lot of people who have stake in what the government does and will go to great extents to make sure a third party candidate won't take actions against their interests. So if a third party candidate gets elected they will either be useless because they are not all powerful, thankfully, and have almost everyone working against them or they will have to sell out and then becomes part of the current political system.
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