Okay, this. I know from Akismet™ that mine is a low-traffic blog. No one is likely to read this. But I’m ready to waste some words.

Just as I’m ready to waste some votes. Yeah, that’s what it’s called, right? The two-party addiction is strong.

So many folks have told me, to vote for someone who’s not in one of the two major parties is to waste a vote. Vote for your own party lest the candidate from the other party get elected.

Yet, too often, I’ve seen that both parties offer up real doofuses for office. Both! Doofuses! We end up with exactly what we deserve: doofus government.

Incompetents in office, who make silly and vacuous promises during their campaigns, don’t keep them while in office, vote according to the wishes of the highest-bidding lobbyist, and return only form-letter responses to their constituents.

Frankly, I’m tired of it. And somebody has to take the first step, else it’ll never happen. I’ll help. If a better third-party (heck, it doesn’t have to be a party) candidate runs for an office, I’ll waste a vote on a better candidate.

Take the U.S. Congress, for example. For too long, the nation seems to have been held hostage, not making progress because of deadlocks between two parties. Deadlocks often not based on issues, but rather party loyalties. Citizens gripe about Congressfolk, as if they forget who elected the Congressfolk! Surprising? (No, maybe some voters didn’t want to waste their votes. Or something.)

So here: maybe if we elect a few folks who are not in the two major parties, it’ll create even more divisiveness. But you know what? Maybe it could be divisions of opinion on the issues rather than divisions based on party lines. Why not?

Why not?

Rhetorical. I’m snooty enough that I didn’t leave a comments form on this blog. So you don’t get a chance to answer that question, unless it’s in your own mind.

Unless, maybe, you’re reading this, and get convinced. And maybe pass it on.

End of stoopid rant.

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