Expanding the Debate with Third-Party Candidates Virgil Goode, Jill Stein, Rocky Anderson
President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney sparred October 16 in their second of three debates. Democracy Now, in a two-hour special, expands the debate by including the voices of three presidential candidates shut out of the official debate: Jill Stein of the Green Party, Constitution Party nominee Virgil Goode, and Justice Party candidate Rocky Anderson. Host Amy Goodman replays parts of last night’s presidential debate, pausing the video to give third-party candidates a chance to respond to the same questions put to the major-party candidates.
Political Reality – A Compromised Vote Ensures You Get What You Don’t Want
The GOP and Democrat parties (a.k.a. the Republicrat party) know that if you'll compromise your core beliefs to vote for their candidates then you'll be in a lose-lose situation. You'll lose because you've given the party the power to do what you don't want, and thus relinquishing your power to stop them. And you'll lose again because you've emboldened the party to push for more compromise and compromised candidates. For example, if you believe that marriage is the creation of God, ordained by Him to only be the union between a man and woman, then voting for either Obama or Romney will ensure that you get what you don't want.
The Republicrat party will remind you of the way things were, the struggles of old where they fought for what you believe when you pledged your loyalty to the party. The Republicrat party and their supporters are calling you to join them in supporting these ideals by rallying around their candidates. The party hopes you'll not pay attention to the fact that by their actions - and increasing numbers of their candidates - they could care less about those ideals today.
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