Time for a 3rd Party
I have been giving a lot of thought to the concept of a third political party.
I have been weighing the arguments, such as : It would dilute the Republican Party, a third party would never win, and it would be handing the Dems an assured victory.
While these arguments against used to hold water, I am not sure that they do in today’s political climate, at least not for me.
Since I became of voting age, some fifty years ago or so, I have voted for only two candidates who espoused my political philosophy and became Presidents. Ronald Reagan (twice) and Donald Trump. All other elections involved choosing the lesser of two undesirables.
Only twice during that time did I ever stray outside the D and R fields. Looking back, I regret allowing myself to be sucked into the line that my vote was necessary for the R’s to win over the D’s. If only more of us had refused to hold our noses and vote with our conscience, maybe things would be different today. Maybe not.
So after 50 some odd years of voting and mostly holding my nose (Dole, Bushes, McCain, and Romney), I am done with the spineless, wishy - washy, ego-elitism, chameleon party that calls itself Republican. The party of R’s that did not fully support Goldwater, the party that continually enabled middle of the road candidates whilst squashing the conservative voice, the party that was more concerned about the optics of being viewed by their opponents than in their own platform, the party that ran candidates who I still to this day am left wondering if they even wanted to win, and the party who wouldn’t even stand behind their own candidate when he did win, is no longer the party of my choice nor deserving my support.
I, for one, will support another party that stands for our Constitution, our Liberty, our Freedoms, and our Conservative Values. I no longer will be holding my nose when I vote for Liberty and Freedom and Conservatism. I will be able to say that I supported the candidate of My Choice.
I have been weighing the arguments, such as : It would dilute the Republican Party, a third party would never win, and it would be handing the Dems an assured victory.
While these arguments against used to hold water, I am not sure that they do in today’s political climate, at least not for me.
Since I became of voting age, some fifty years ago or so, I have voted for only two candidates who espoused my political philosophy and became Presidents. Ronald Reagan (twice) and Donald Trump. All other elections involved choosing the lesser of two undesirables.
Only twice during that time did I ever stray outside the D and R fields. Looking back, I regret allowing myself to be sucked into the line that my vote was necessary for the R’s to win over the D’s. If only more of us had refused to hold our noses and vote with our conscience, maybe things would be different today. Maybe not.
So after 50 some odd years of voting and mostly holding my nose (Dole, Bushes, McCain, and Romney), I am done with the spineless, wishy - washy, ego-elitism, chameleon party that calls itself Republican. The party of R’s that did not fully support Goldwater, the party that continually enabled middle of the road candidates whilst squashing the conservative voice, the party that was more concerned about the optics of being viewed by their opponents than in their own platform, the party that ran candidates who I still to this day am left wondering if they even wanted to win, and the party who wouldn’t even stand behind their own candidate when he did win, is no longer the party of my choice nor deserving my support.
I, for one, will support another party that stands for our Constitution, our Liberty, our Freedoms, and our Conservative Values. I no longer will be holding my nose when I vote for Liberty and Freedom and Conservatism. I will be able to say that I supported the candidate of My Choice.
