I agree with Margaret Currey, we DO need a third party, the other two are far too corrupt. How about the “Common Sense Party?”

It never ceases to amaze me how all a billionaire has to do is expouse a few words against the war in order to get ordinary people to trip over their own tongues trying to muster support for their candidacy.  It reminds me of the line from the song, “If I were a rich man” (Fiddler on the Roof):  “When you’re rich, they think you really know.”

As revealed by Steven Freeman & Joel Bleifuss in “Was the 2004 Election Stolen,” in 1992 Chuck Hegel, an investment banker and president of the holding company, McCarthy & Co. became the CEO of American Information Systems, the predecessor to the voting machine giant ES&S.  In 1996 the little known Hegel scored not one but “two stunning upsets,” first defeating Nebraska’s well-known Attorney General Don Sternberg in the Republican primary and then scoring “an unexpected…landslide victory over Ben Nelson, Nebraska’s popular Democratic governor.”  Polls at the start of the race had Nelson leading Hegel 65% to 18%.  ES&S machines tallied 85% of the vote. 

After his election Hegel retained shares in McCarthy & Co., which is the parent company to ES&S.  Mike McCarthy, an owner and director of McCarthy & Co., served as Hegel’s finance director.  Prior to the 2002 re-election vote, Hegel’s Democratic opponent Charlie Matulka asked the Senate Ethics Committee to examine the question of Hegel’s conflict-of-interest.  After the vote, Matulka asked Nebraska’s Republican Secretary of State John A. Gale to conduct a hand recount.  Both requests were turned down with the Secretary of State’s office informing Matulka “that Nebraska has no provision in law allowing a losing candidate to verify vote tallies by counting the paper ballots.”

Mr. Hammons tells us that Hegel is “well-respected.”  My questions, Mr. Hammons:  By whom?  Why?

Even though I agree with Hagel on getting out of Iraq, His happy dance support for Goldwater and Reagan scares me, Eisenhower is more palatable.  Let’s get rid of lobbyists while we are at it. 
Now we may have independent debates, so we can see who raises their hands, when asked the question “who does not believe in evolution”.

Pick the candidate you think is best and stick with him/her even if the party chooses a different candidate. Writehim/her in on election day.

Many Americans seem to be interested in third-party and independent candidates.

Hagel is well-respected by many and might get the support of some Republicans and centrist independents.

Is America ready for a mainstream independent ticket? Take a look at ...

“A much-needed new path for 2008: Time for independent and third-party candidates to emerge, transcend and unite?” (PopulistAmerica.com) 

http://www.populistamerica.com/a_much_needed_new_path_for_2008