I watched the video, Peter, and that is great news, not so much because Obama is losing ground which is good, too, but because of people rebelling, if you will, against the Party System. I consider the Party system to be evil, evil, evil. It is a system that allows the politicians to actually gang up against the people and back their pet political donaters. The operative words here are 'gang up'.
An independent has to act on his character but a party member is obliged to go along with his party.
In around 1999 - 2000, I heard Ralph Nader say that he did not believe in the Party system and his goal would be to eliminate it. I said "YES!" then (and long before then). In 2000, I would have voted for Nader (if I was a US citizen). In 2008, I would have chosen Ron Paul although I had a couple of questions about him. I didn't see the support for Israel there that I would have liked to see. I am not so sure it was a great idea to up and pull out of Iraq in a hurry like he wanted to do. I'm just thinking out loud.
Helen
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