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A third party vote is almost always an idiotic gesture that promotes enemies and punishes allies, but in next Tuesdays elections two strong independent candidates deserve serious consideration. One of them Doug Hoffman in New Yorks 23rd Congressional District could actually win his race and send a powerful message to the GOP and the country. A political party isnt a family, or a church, or an army, so the strategic support of an independent contender with a real chance of victory isnt a betrayal and may offer a common sense means to advance a conservative agenda.
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All Independent Candidates Are Not Created Equal
While the CP is ultra-conservative on economic issues, it is more liberal / libertarian than the Republican party on many social issues.
Check out their platform - especially drugs, education, gambling, terrorism & personal liberty. You'll find that while the CP does not want gov't promoting the use of recreational drugs & gambling, they would return federal involvement in the issues to its constitutional limits. For drugs, this means states could legalize drugs without federal interferance if they want.
To put it another way, the CP may be socially conservative on the local level, but is strongly libertarian at the federal level. Kinda like the Founding...