I am a liberal and I'm proud

[largedarryl]

Bitmap Frogs said:

largedarryl said:

Bitmap Frogs said:
American politics are funny, you only get to pick between eggs or porridge. Where's the bacon?

I agree the 2 choices thing is funny, but living in Canada it isn't any better.  If you don't vote for 1 of the 2 main parties, you are only possibly allowing a marginally popular party to win the election.  This may be different in other multi-party governments, but in Canada it is pointless.

 

 

Europe (besides the UK) (which arguablly considering it a part of Europe is kind of an stretch) is pretty good at this. The political choices are quite diverse in many countries.

I'm glad to hear multi-party governments work better than Canada's.  Here you have 2 real choices, the Liberals and the Conservative party, both offer fairly centrist political viewpoints that really offer similar differences between the US Democratic and Republican parties.  Then you have 1 wingnut socialist party run under a banner of social equality (read wacko socialist ideals based on economic downfall), then you have the Green party which offers nothing but a voice of reason to the wingnut socialists.  Then you have the biggest waste of a party, a provincial pride party that does nothing but screw up the power balance in parliament.