Since the end of World War II the domestic opponents of the American Empire have struggled fruitlessly to contain its growth. As a philosopher friend recently remarked, we have no politics today in America. That is, there is no significant contest of issues, policies, or principles, merely an imperial party line adhered to by the media, the two-party cartel, and much, though certainly not all of the vast American middle class. But the Republican Party, in its origins, its predominant interests, and in its natural ideology has always been a vehicle of the imperial state-even before the Democratic Party succumbed early in this century. But there are signs that the unnatural attachment is beginning to wear thin.
Third parties have no chance of winning goes conventional wisdom.
Very well,, but the purpose of political action is not necessarily to win, but to influence the outcome. The most constructive anti-establishment influence exercised in recent history have been the grassroots movements organized by George Wallace and Ross Perot. If Wallace had not built a large movement the Republican Party would still be in rhetoric, as well as actually, the party of Rockefeller. Even in my limited mostly apolitical acquaintance there are numerous former stalwart Republican activists who have defected finally and are now without a home. Given a forum, men of any character could easily uncover the empty suits of creatures like Bush and Gore.