Voting

We often hear that the majority of people in this country are independent voters and that the majority of people in this country are dissatisfied with congress and the president. Well you know what they sure dont vote that way! Look at this poll by Gallup, the approval rating for congress(look at the 3rd table) it shows that the approval rating for congress is barely in the double digits!

http://www.gallup.com/poll/1600/Congress-Public.aspx, another poll shows that congress has a disaproval rating in the 80% range

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/congressional_job_approval-903.html.

People always claim that we need a strong 3rd party candidate and that the majority of people are independent voters. According to this gallup poll the majority of people are independent. http://www.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx. YET THEY DONT VOTE THAT WAY! Everyone needs to get out there and vote! Thats why third party candidates don't do well is because almost everyone who votes believes that they can either vote for a democrat or a republican! People you have more options! If you are dissatisfied with both parties then vote for someone else, it doesnt matter what party they belong to vote for the ideas of the individual instead of the party they belong to. VOTING IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A HORSE RACE, you are NOT supposed to vote for who everyone believes is going to win, or who the candidate who always gets the most airtime. You have to vote your heart and conscience! And do not ever let anyone tell you that you have wasted your vote, if you dont vote heart and conscience then YOU HAVE WASTED YOUR VOTE!! Remember Jesse Ventura(my idol) and Angus King, won the governorship on wasted votes and they were the independent candidates!

Independent and third party candidates can win but they dont because people believe that their vote wont count or that they have to pick the winner because we want to be associated with winners. If you are tired of the two parties then vote for someone else no matter what party, even if it's the "rent is too damn high" party! Lastly I want to point out this fact. Abraham Lincoln was the third party candidate! In 1854 the modern day Republican party formed out of the Whig party. Fast forward to 1860 the Republican party only had a little representation in congress and wasnt condsiderd a major party until Abraham Lincoln won on the ticket, and during the election the Democratic party split into the democratic and the southern democratic party, and the Constitutional Union Party. So it was a four-way race, and Abe Lincoln won on the republican ticket, which at the time was considered a minor third party.

Obama's approval rating is at 46% http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx  but people dont show how much they dissaprove when they vote.

Allow me to quote Jerry Garcia from the band Grateful Dead; "choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil".

Are the Democratic and Republican parties the same thing?

Are the Democratic and Republican parties different manifestations of the same thing? I believe they are. Let's play a game, make a derogatory comment about republicans, say for instance that they're fascists. Then make a similar derogatory comment about democrats, say for instance that they're socialists.
Lets try another set of examples (Author's note: I have a point and I am getting to it) Lets say Republicans are war mongerers, and that democrats claim that they go to war for "humanitarian intervention". Try thinking of more examples yourself. So with all these derogatory comments one should realize that these things are sort of the same thing, but with different names. Socialism and fascism are sort of the same thing, same as saying that republicans are war mongerers and that democrats use humanitarian intervention as an excuse to go to war. War is still war no matter what.

Trust me if these parties were so against each other then why do they compromise so much? Michelle Bachmann claims she is against Obamacare but yet when you look at the roll call for the final vote you'll see that Bachmann voted for it. It passed the house unanimously there were no "nays" from anyone. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll768.xml . Hell even Ron Paul, who I support even voted for it, but for reasons I have yet to determine, but I am sure he had a good reason. But in the debates both he and Bachmann have voiced opposition for it. This is just one example there are plenty more. See I think a lot of politics is like pro wrestling, on the screen when the cameras are rolling they pretend that they hate each other, but I'm sure the harsh reality is that behind closed doors a lot of these people are friends and make deals with each other and work together, etc.

Lastly watch this video by filmmaker and radio show host Alex Jones where he explains the false left-right paradigm and how both parties prop each other up with controversey placed on both sides while being controlled by the same powers and interest groups behind the scenes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTahZE4q90U .