jesseboyd7 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Hey there SF fans I have some interesting political news for you. Since the 3rd major 2-Party debate is over last night there's going to be a Third Party debate going on tonight! I don't know if any of you are aware of other party candidates but they are: Gary Johnson - Libertarian Party Jill Stein - Green Party Virgil Goode - Constitution Party Rocky Anderson - Justice Party I have the links below. Here's a short clip that summarizes it all: Here is the link from Free&Equal if you don't have cable or satellite if you are interested in watching the third party debate online. It airs tonight 8pm CST. http://action.freean...rg/debate-rsvp/ Any thoughts on third parties? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thu'um Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 What is a third party? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unoservix Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 it's the one you settle on when you went to one party, it was boring so you bailed, you went to another party, and it was also boring and you bailed, but you don't want to just spend the night cruising for parties, you want to actually bust it out, so you just settle on the third one you reach 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 What is a third party? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_party Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrypticQuery Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 The fact that any of these people exist is news to me; a shame you have to have millions to even be recognized during campaigning by the public. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thu'um Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 http://en.wikipedia....iki/Third_party I was being sarcastic to show how irrevelent third parties ussualy are to the masses in American Politcs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faisul Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 In general, the nature of two-party rule is to exclude the possibility for third parties to aspire to political relevance and power. This sad state of affairs can largely be traced from the way political victory is gained from votes in America, which follows a 'first past the post' or FPP system of counting votes towards victory. The core characteristic of FPP is that the party or person with the most votes wins executive office to the exclusion of other parties and candidates. I'm no political scientist so I'll turn to some enlightening simple-simon explanations through this series of youtube videos, the episode in question of which explains what I'm trying to get at much better than I ever could: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesseboyd7 Posted October 26, 2012 Author Share Posted October 26, 2012 I have the third party debate video if you guys are still interested in watching the whole clip. After watching it live on C-SPAN I thought it was good. All of the third party candidates were injecting real issues compared to Mitt & Obama. Who Won The 3rd Party Presidential Debate?! from Matlarson10 Before you watch his commentary try to watch the third party debate! Whats so sad about third parties is that it costs lots of money just to be on state ballots, mainstream media outlets, and campaign travels. We know for sure that the main two party system are heavily funded by Super PACs, lobbyists, and better yet Wall Street. Link for that: http://www.opensecre...2/index.php?ql3 I do appreciate all (especially Ajc ) of your inputs on third party candidates. And there's going to be a third party debate again next week on Tuesday, Oct 30th. I think it's going to be on C-SPAN1 again. Links: http://action.freean...rg/debate-rsvp/ http://BreakingTheSet.com/ http://rt.com/on-air/rt-america-air/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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