Thread: New York Times editorial on third parties (Ron Paul, Libertarians mentioned)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/op...b.html?_r=3&hp Quote: But there’s more that such parties could accomplish. They could provide a counterweight to the corruption associated with one-party rule, whether in solidly red states or deep-blue cities. They could get unorthodox candidates elected, and win hearings for unorthodox ideas. And they could help fulfill the promise of federalism, by organizing themselves around local...

Honestly, I believe political parties themselves are the problem. If there is one thing being part of the Ron Paul movement should teach you it is that the party infrastructure is unnecessary to organize a political campaign. Political parties evolved from the differences between high-level members of the establishment. With the possible exception of parties organized by labor political parties are machinations of the elite classes.