Should the U.S. have a legitimate THIRD party?

The question is, Should the U.S. have a legitimate THIRD party?

Yes, there are third parties now, like the Green Party or the Independent Party or the Libertarian Party and others like that, but not a real legitimate third party that could compete with either the Republicans or Democrats.

If some Republicans are extremist right-wingers and some Democrats are leftist hypocrites, isn't there a need for a third party that could, theoretically, consist of moderate Democrats/Republicans/Others?

If we had a legitimate third party, would this take away some of the black-and-whiteness of politics in this country, as evidenced in the last presidential election, with a lot of name calling and useless banter of "Did Bush skip out in Texas?" or "Did Kerry deserve that Purple Heart?" It seems to me that a lot of Democrats and Republicans could agree on many things, but unfortunately we're having to choose between two ideologies, which tends to make things, like I said, black and white.

Would the Republicans and Democrats be against a legitimate third party? Obviously, this would mean less votes for either the Reps or Dems. But if it'd improve political discourse in this country, wouldn't a third party be worth it?

Looking forward to hearing your ideas.

 

Hmmm. . . . I wonder exactly what you mean when you say "legitimate," as if the Democrat and Republican parties are legitimate.

If there was another primary party added to the two we already have, you can guarantee it would be infiltrated by the same forces that control the Democrat and Republican parties. It might provide the illusion that it is different from the other two parties -- kind of like the two parties pretend they are different from each other -- but beneath all the empty rhetoric would be the same basic agenda.

The powerful few within and above government, who control America from behind the scenes, can control the people much easier by having just two parties. The narrower the spectrum, the easier it is to control the people and keep them arguing amongst themselves over phony issues provided to them via the mainstream media.

Because of this, I doubt the powers that be would ever allow for a "legitimate third party", as you call it.

 

The system is highly polarized in the U.S, needless to say. Most other developed countries in Europe and elsewhere don't have a system as rigid as the U.S.

Using the run-off election system would be a good first start. Also, allowing at least a few third party candidates in the debates would be fair, instead of the RNC and DNC locking them out by using their stock excuse that they just aren't viable in their own opinion. They would be viable if they weren't locked out of the system.

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They nearly arrested Nader for trying to attend the debates using a ticket a college student gave him.

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So why not even let these people watch the debates? It's bad enough locking them out. Even worse, it's below the diginity of the RNC and DNC to even be in the presence of other candidates.

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Yet that goon from Iraq who's office was raided by U.S. troops was sitting right next to Laura Bush at the SOTU speech a few months earlier.

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The two parties are practically the same. The democrats might have some libreal platforms, but there basically the repblicans with a human face. We need a more left wing party in the US.