Why I miss Ross Perot: Mitt Romney and Barack Obama ads are full of outright lies
Mitt Romney and President Obama are taking a break today from negative campaigning in honor of September 11. But that doesn’t change the outright lies that have dominated political ads this season. We need a viable third party to help keep these two candidates and their super PACs honest.
http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2012/0911/Why-I-miss-Ross-Perot-Mitt-Romney-and-Barack-Obama-ads-are-full-of-outright-lies
As if we really need a compelling reason for more than two parties in our political system. This is quite amusing to me:
Ironically, in a (mostly) free-market democracy, where there are hundreds of brands of cookies on the grocery store shelf, there are only two candidates on the ballot. That’s exactly one more choice than the Syrians have.
Can’t finish it up better than the author:
We need more parties, more choices, more solutions. Even one weak third party-challenger in the mainstream would help keep these two campaigns and their PACs honest. I never thought I’d miss Ross Perot, but I do. If competition works for capitalism, it should work for democracy, too.
