Comments on: The Horse Race http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/07/28/the-horse-race/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Norm http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/07/28/the-horse-race/#comment-68582 Norm Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:33:09 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6532#comment-68582 Elections do matter. The problem is that the election system is 1st past the post (plurality) just like a horse race. This is the lynch pin of the two party lead from the top system. Change from a plurality to a ranked ballot system would eliminate the spoiler effect and totally change the dynamics away from the top down two party system that sucks.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome. As long as we use the same system we will get the same outcome. Until we change the system 3rd parties are dead. Even Ralph Nader is smart enough to figure that one out!!!

]]> By: Greg http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/07/28/the-horse-race/#comment-68577 Greg Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:48:05 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6532#comment-68577 “But I hate politics. If these assholes in Washington didn’t have the (improper) legal authority to tell me what to do and lock me in a cage if I don’t comply, I’d pay about as much attention to them as I do to soccer.”

I could not agree more. Then maybe we could all find something more interesting to blog about, like fishing or something.

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