Voting for third parties sends message
Letter to the Editor
Paul Reszel
Once again in a national election the major parties have given us a choice between two uninspiring candidates. The majority of the people don't feel strongly about either one with the exception that they know they don't want Gore (or Bush) and so will vote for the other just to keep the worst choice out. So many people are fearful that if they vote for Buchanan, Gore will be elected. What a terrible reason to vote — not because you like a candidate but because you like his opponent less.
Please realize that the last Democrat to win Indiana when running for president was Lyndon Johnson, 36 years ago and the one before him was FDR in 1936. All the polls show that Indiana is solidly in Bush's camp — so much so that Gore won't waste any money campaigning and Bush doesn't have to. So if you strongly feel that the Republicans have been giving lip service only to pro-life issues with the notion that you have nowhere else to go (Bush does not see a way to reverse the FDA's horrible decision about RU-486 and doesn't think the country is ready for a human rights amendment and would not have a pro-life litmus test for Supreme court Justices).
If you disagree with a party that is in favor of NAFTA, GATT and the WTO coddling to the second evil empire (76 percent of a Journal-Gazette poll did not like our China trade deal) then you should vote for Buchanan. Buchanan is for America first, Bush will still carry Indiana, but if Buchanan gets a respectable percentage it will send a message to the Republican party.
Vote positive, vote for something you believe in — that you know is the right course for our country — Vote Buchanan.
Paul Reszel
Fort Wayne, Ind.
October 25, 2000
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