> ideal world and have deal with what we have. Those who pop-up as 'third
> party' presidential candidates are either pathetically naive or act as the
> fifth column splitting votes.
Nothing wrong with naivete, which can be quite revolutionary; nothing quite depoliticizes as effectively as in-the-know cynicism. As someone else said, somewhere, in some nameless, unimportant TV series:
No. 2: "You're a fool!" No. 6: "Yes, a fool. Not a rat."
-- Dennis