Thanks for the kind words Cyrano; I have learned much from you.

If Americans truly want change then they are going to have to change their voting habits. Voting for a Republican or a Democrat means more of the same corrupt government.

Change is important, but we are not going to get it from the three front runners who are in the pockets of corporations--not only them but our Congress too.

The time has come to vote for a third party. The best, in my opinion, is the Green Party.

Also, all 435 members of the House are up for reelection. All of them need to be voted out of office to send a message that we no longer are going to put up with their arrogant disregard of us in favor of corporate interests.

If Americans do not take back control of their government they will be paying exorbitant prices for food and gas, etc. People will literally be impoverised--except for the wealthy few who are never touched by the human suffering they cause.


GREEN PARTY.......REPUBLICANS.........DEMOCRATS

Invasion and Occupation of Iraq: Oppose Support Support

Patriot Act: Oppose Support Support

Invasion of Afghanistan: Oppose Supported Supported

Kosovo War: Opposed Supported Supported

Military Budget: Reduce Increase Increase

Israeli Occupation of West Bank and Gaza: Oppose Support Support

Global Warming - Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Support Oppose Oppose and Failed to Act.

Right to Choose: Support Oppose Support (?)

National Health Insurance: Support [single-payer national health insurance] Oppose Oppose

Clean Water: Support Oppose Weak Support

Death Penalty: Oppose Support Support

Labor: Wages and Unions: Support Oppose Workers Minimal Support
(Global) Corporate Power Trade Agreements and Institutions (NAFTA, FTAA, CAFTA, WTO): Restrict Expand Expand

Real Campaign Finance Reform & Publicly Financed Elections: Support Oppose Oppose

Electoral Reforms & Democracy: Support Oppose Oppose

2000 Florida Election - Congressional Investigation: Support Oppose Oppose

Reform the Presidential Debate Commission: Support Oppose Oppose

Strict Standards on GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms): Support Oppose Oppose

Corporate Agriculture: Oppose Support Support

Drug War: Oppose Support Support

Telecommunications Deregulation - Giveaway of public broadcast spectrum to private companies: Opposed to Deregulation Supported Supported

Bank Deregulation and Banking Reform: Opposed to bank deregulation. Supported bank deregulation. Supported bank deregulation.

Increased Accounting Oversight: Always Supported Oppose
Opposed until the Enron scandal broke.

Other issues on which most Republicans and most Democrats agree -- and Greens disagree:

Plan Colombia
The bombing of Iraqi civilians
Refusal to ban landmines
Privatization of prisons, other public services and resources
Severe penalties for marijuana
Big corporate mergers and Wall Street bail-outs
Forest logging giveaways
Powerful agribusiness lobbies instead of family farms
Uncontrolled bio-engineering
Increased wiretaps and other surveillance
The Defense of Marriage Act


CONSTITUTIONAL PARTY:

We condemn the presidential assumption of authority to deploy American troops into combat without a declaration of war by Congress, pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

We affirm the integrity of the international borders of the United States and the Constitutional authority and duty of the federal government to guard and to protect those borders, including the regulation of the numbers and of the qualifications of immigrants into the country.


America is engaged in an undeclared war with an ill-defined enemy (terrorism), a war which threatens to be never ending, and which is being used to vastly expand government power, particularly that of the executive branch, at the expense of the individual liberties of the American people.
The "war on terrorism" is serving as an excuse for the government to spend beyond its income, expand the Federal bureaucracy, and socialize the nation through taxpayer bailouts of the airlines, subsidies to the giant insurance corporations, and other Federal programs.
We deplore and vigorously oppose legislation and executive action, that deprive the people of their rights secured under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments under the guise of "combating terrorism" or "protecting national security." Examples of such legislation are the National Security Act, the USA PATRIOT Act, and the proposed Domestic Securities Enhancement Act (colloquially known as "Patriot II").


Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution states that Congress shall have the power "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations." Congress may not abdicate or transfer to others these Constitutional powers. We oppose, therefore, the unconstitutional transfer of authority over U.S. trade policy from Congress to agencies, domestic or foreign, which improperly exercise policy-setting functions with respect to U.S. trade policy.
We favor the abolition of the Office of Special Trade Representative, and insist on the withdrawal of the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and all other agreements wherein agencies other than the Congress of the United States improperly assume responsibility for establishing American trade policies.


LIBERTARIAN PARTY:

Protection of property rights.

Strong civil liberties positions, including privacy protection, freedom of speech, freedom of association, and sexual freedom.

No government interference in reproductive rights, including access to abortion. (Right-libertarians and Libertarians for Life usually do not support abortion, but they believe that the federal government has no say in regulating the procedure).

Support for the unrestricted right to the means of self-defense (such as gun rights, the right to carry mace or pepper spray, etc).

Abolition of laws against "victimless crimes" (such as prostitution, driving without a seat belt, use of controlled substances, fraternization, etc.).

Support for a fiscally responsible government including a hard currency (commodity-based money supply as opposed to fiat currency).

MARGINAL PARTIES:

These parties have offered candidates in recent elections, but did not in 2004, and they do not have ballot status in enough states in 2008 to win the presidency. Some do not have presidential candidates, but for other offices only.


America First Party (2002)
Centrist Party (United States) (2006)
Independence Party of America (2007)
Jefferson Republican Party
Moderate Party (2006) - Founded in Illinois by Bill Scheuer, registered as a party in Florida [1] [2]
Marijuana Party (2002)
Party for Socialism and Liberation (2006)
Peace and Freedom Party (1967) - active primarily in California
Prohibition Party (1867)
Reform Party of the United States of America (1995) - currently divided into two factions both using the name of the "Reform Party"
Socialist Equality Party (1953)
Socialist Party USA (1973)
Socialist Workers Party (1938)
Workers World Party (1959)
Working Families Party (1998)