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Britian's third political party why cant the US have one?
Posted by: ferfux ()
Date: April 27, 2010 02:40PM

Liberal Democrats are Britain's historically insignificant third party. In its current incarnation, the Liberal Democrats date from the late 1980s, when the Labor Party was a near-Marxist monolith, the Tories were the party of Margaret Thatcher, and there was a lot of space in between.

Since then, the Lib Dems have taken some odd turns, sometimes championing quirky local causes, sometimes floating to the left or the right of the political spectrum, often leaving the center ground that they once claimed for their own.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/26/AR2010042603126.html?hpid%3Dopinionsbox1⊂=AR

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Re: Britian's third political party why cant the US have one?
Posted by: Libertarian ()
Date: April 27, 2010 02:42PM

It was starting to emerge but then got hijacked by the Republicans/Tea Party...

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Re: Britian's third political party why cant the US have one?
Posted by: WashingTone-Locian ()
Date: April 27, 2010 02:55PM

A Third Party won't succeed in the United States because we don't have a Parliamentary system that sustains coalition governments. It is "winner take all" in the U.S., so there is no incentive to support smaller parties that could eventually grow into Third Parties.

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Re: Britian's third political party why cant the US have one?
Posted by: Vince(1) ()
Date: April 27, 2010 02:58PM

WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> A Third Party won't succeed in the United States
> because we don't have a Parliamentary system that
> sustains coalition governments. It is "winner take
> all" in the U.S., so there is no incentive to
> support smaller parties that could eventually grow
> into Third Parties.


you are so smart....+1

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Re: Britian's third political party why cant the US have one?
Posted by: Gonads & Strife ()
Date: April 27, 2010 02:59PM

Generally speaking, third parties aren't viewed with much esteem due to the credibility (or lack thereof) of the candidates they nominate.

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Re: Britian's third political party why cant the US have one?
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: April 27, 2010 04:01PM

Gonads & Strife Wrote:
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> Generally speaking, third parties aren't viewed
> with much esteem due to the credibility (or lack
> thereof) of the candidates they nominate.
>
>


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Re: Britian's third political party why cant the US have one?
Posted by: Troll@AOL ()
Date: April 27, 2010 04:15PM

Sweaty balls!

Edit: My SWEATY salty balls.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/27/2010 04:17PM by Troll@AOL.

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Re: Britian's third political party why cant the US have one?
Posted by: Vince(1) ()
Date: April 27, 2010 05:28PM

Both those gentlemen had a lot of good and intelligent points of view..they should have supported each other.

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Re: Britian's third political party why cant the US have one?
Posted by: Kenny_Powers ()
Date: April 28, 2010 03:57PM

why? because it wouldnt matter, its not the parties that are corrupt, its the system.

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