Rave this if you think 150+ years is enough for the Republicans and Democrats.

It has happened before. Corrupt parties caught with their pants down do in time implode and are replaced. The Democratic party will probably always be with us, though it may go through (if history serves as a guide) radical shifts. The GOP, on the other hand, well...its days are numbered. Apostates and heretics always suffer worse fates than mere infidels.

Public education is a failure. Welfare is a failure. Peaceful coexistence between nations is a failure. The economic control is a failure. Public safety is a failure. But maybe we shouldn't get rid of them. After all, now they're going to fix the weather. Bwahahaha.

Absolutely! The level of political dialogue in this country has dropped below moronic.

Real solutions to real problems require more than pandering to the lowest common denominator with ideological platitudes.

Yup.... WAAAY too much bickering.

Yes, group think is precisely what's destroying this country. Great post!

As of now, it looks like I'll be voting for Governor Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party candidate. It always seems like polls and questions concerning the two main parties being corrupt, pretty much the same, etc end up with the majority agreeing it's a rigged system, but at the same time they perpetuate it by voting for them because of the propaganda about "it's a vote for whoever" if you vote third party, a wasted vote, etc. You do realize if you listen to such nonsense you're actually letting someone else tell you who to vote for right? Even worse, you're being told your vote belongs to one of the two corrupt parties and you -have- to give your support to them or else. Fantasy freedom isn't real.

Go TeaParty!

I don't know. How different has the tea party shown itself to be from other Republicans? You're still talking about big government elitists who want to control our lives.

Um, sorry you haven't made enough money but most people in that realm don't have much more than you. Just a whole lot of years saving.
Big government costs! All of us! No matter the age!

NO tea party!

No Democratic party ever again!
RIP Tip O'Neal...

I'm voting Libertarian simply because I'm weary of the dishonest pandering of most mainstream candidates. IF there was a Utilitarian or Pragmatist party, I'd join yesterday, but we'll need something with which to replace the GOP and Dems.

Replace them? I think we can do without them all together.

As fan old Goldwater Republican I hope against all hope that the modern members of my party will come to their senses. I really have no argument against your reasoning.

The stalemate Party system has to go !!!!!

The Libertarian Party has the best chance of becoming a real contender, especially with Gary Johnson at the helm. I believe that a Libertarian President with a Republican House and a Democratic Senate would work. Also, Libertarians have a much better chance at bipartisanship with the GOP than Dems do.

The sooner the better.

we don't need to get rid of them we just need more choices...

We have other choices; it's just that people have been tricked into thinking otherwise.

the system is rigged for the two parties. when i say other choices i'm referring to three or for parties. the current system makes it difficult for an independent to be elected and they usually split the vote ....which played a hugh role in the elections Lincoln and Clinton

There are other parties not just other candidates outside the two parties. We've been trained to accept the Republicans and the Democrats as the only options but if we simply brushed aside that training we'd already have someone other than a Republican or a Democrat for President.

let me rephrase.....I know we have other parties. we need 4 or more major political parties instead of two.

Most of those other parties are one-issue parties, like The Green Party or the Constitution Party. There have always been third-party choices, back to The Know-Nothing Party and the Bull Moose Party. Problem is that, with very few exceptions, they don't have the kind of candidate that resonates with the people. And they don't have a wide enough reach. I mean, if Gary Johnson or Ralph Nader couldn't convince millions of Republicans or Democrats to vote for them when they were part of those groups, what makes anyone think they can win as an outside force? You have to have a message that enough people like, and you have be able to convey that message in a way that makes people want to vote for it at the ballot booth.

Libertarian party. It may technically be one issue but that issue is limited government. Of course Johnson and Nader couldn't convince Republicans to vote for him; Republicans have been brainwashed into believing their leadership.

You can say that about almost any group. Just because you agree with much of one platform or the other doesn't mean you are "brain washed." I don't agree with everything the party stands for, but I have been registered Republican since 1996. I'm not brainwashed, but I happen to be in-line with many of their ideas. Or generally more so than with the Democrats. I would probably agree with some Libertarian ideas, like smaller government, but I wouldn't go as far as many of them would on how limited government should be. I'm not crazy about the idea of legalizing marjiuana. And so on and so forth. You have to decide how much of a party's platform you do agree with. You're never going to agree 100% of the time with anybody. I know Democrats who are pro-life, but they like some of the other platform issues. I think that's too big an issue to give away my vote to a party that disagrees with me. I'm for Civil unions, but many Republicans (particularly older Republicans) think there should be no concessions to gay rights. So a person can have their disagreements with a party, but if you only vote on one or two issues, you are bound to be constantly disappointed with who you vote for. I don't see a third-party winning a national election anytime soon as a result.

The Party to really subscribe to is....the Constitutional Party.

That'd be okay, but they seem to have abdicated after last election. The Libertarians, along with the Dems and Reps, are the only party which keeps current to be on all ballots.

Let's kick them to the curb

Sounds good to me.

Thank you

And this solves what problems how?

It solves the problems of oppressive government by getting rid of the elitist machine.

Wrong.
A one party system leaves no room for dissension.
And if there is dissension, it would form another Party.
Right back to square one.

I never said a one party system was the answer. I said the two party system wasn't the answer. Though it would be nice to stop worrying about parties and start looking into what politicians are good for this country; I can tell you outright that almost no current Republican or Democrat candidate is.

If political parties were abolished, they would naturally form again because of the advantage of uniting together to have the support of legislation being introduced.
One representative introducing legislation and not being affiliated with any party is a sure fire way of not getting his/her legislation even past a committee.
For instance, it's taken Ron Paul 3 decades to get a vote on auditing the feds.

Simpler than that. Quit being GOVERNed and it all goes away. Not completely easy, but at least moral.

You're close! The problems ARE the government, now run by oppressive parties who MADE it so!