The Orwellian aspect of this self-inflicted cycle of defeat is no less ironic for being obvious. The establishment of a viable third party rests solely in people's willingness to break, vote by solitary vote, the chokehold of the two-party system. This will never, ever be accomplished as long as vast numbers continue to vote on a sheerly defensive and reactionary basis. Granted, Bush or Gore will be our next president. I don't care.
Democracy needs to be constantly, slowly, steadily rebuilt.
This takes sacrifice and patience, an eye on the distant horizon. Another election where the question ofrepresentation is obscured by questions of expediency, financing, and lesser evils. Another election where we get the candidates we deserve, rather than the ones we want.