Can a third party candidate win?

[Eric the Green]

(07-08-2016, 01:34 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(07-08-2016, 01:20 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: The only route to a free society is a state controlled and watched by the people. Without the state, previously smaller and weaker authorities gain power and take over, becoming the defacto state. Free enterprise ends; swallowed up by big corporations, and the little guys are trampled. Pollution, horrible working conditions, outsourcing and buyouts, financial swindles and crashes, and consumer rip offs are among the results.

But without public democratic involvement, state politicians become corrupt cronies and collude with those who have wealth and power. An activist people that can pressure and vote out corrupt politicians is the basis of a free society; otherwise it can't happen. Without this pressure, corrupt politicians pass laissez faire so that business can take over the country without restraint, and then they collude with these businesses to line their own pockets and boost their own power over the people.

With this being said, how is it that you are able to support someone like Hillary Clinton? Are you crazy?

That's not an unfair question, since Hillary is not the best we could hope for in this regard. But I've looked into the charges against her, and so far it appears most are exaggerated. As one article I posted made clear, she may be non-transparent at times but she is not corrupt. At least not nearly as corrupt as her opponents. Those who have made charges against the Clintons have almost always been guilty of far worse themselves, or they have no problem with the same or worse behavior by politicians on their side of the aisle.

I haven't made a final decision about whether to actually vote for her yet. Nor have I donated anything or any time to her campaign yet. The alternative of course would be Jill Stein, not the infinitely-more corrupt Mr. Trump.