Americans take heart. Despite the nastiness of the Red & Blue this campaign season, real third parties are emerging from the primordial electoral ooze. We are Libertarians and Greens. 
Every cycle we battle impossible ballot access laws and still manage to lend our voice to the process. The socially tolerant and fiscally responsible message of both parties will resonate with more and more Americans as they cease to be fooled by the machines.
I proud to be a part of that process. I like the radicals. I like the moderates. I like anyone with an alternative voice and awareness.
We are young and capable. We are strong and smart.
We value the future and understand the past . . .
Most importantly, we are pissed. For too long the docile bases of the main parties have dominated the course of discussion and representation in this country. Only five percent of Republicans even turned out for their own primary in New York.
Independents are proud and don't cling to the collective mechanism and coersiveness of government at the expense of fiscal responsibility and common sense.
Comments (2)
So, why isn't your name on my ballot in the 20th District as
an option for Congressional Representation?
Posted by Ken Walling | November 7, 2006 2:53 PM
Posted on November 7, 2006 14:53
The NYS BOE determined that we were 690 signatures short of the 3500 required by law. While we did submit over 5200, 1300 were from people in the district who did not fill in their correct city or town.
We lost a ton in Saratoga because people didn't put 'Springs' or Balston instead of Balston Spa. We accept ultimate bookeeping responsibility but the bottom line was that volunteers and voters make mistakes. We took a case to Federal Court in early October and lost. The judge was real skimpy on reasoning and we had run out of resources at that point.
We contend that the three people that Tom Spargo represented (same lawyer as Sweeney) were basically mules for the GOP attack squad. Obviously the entire tone of the race would have been different if we were in it the last two months. We would have offered a congenial choice whose basis was faulting bad policy, not people.
But hey, it's all over now . . . .
Posted by Eric | November 7, 2006 3:07 PM
Posted on November 7, 2006 15:07