Time for a New Political Party?

If your objective is the idealism of anarchy through Libertarianism, then by all means support your point of view, your beliefs by voting for the candidate who believes as equally, as forcefully, as wholeheartedly. That's what the Founders had in mind when voicing the need for representative government, personal freedom, individual responsibility, and collective security to preserve those rights. If you believe, however, that voting has become a Quixotic effort, always failing to deliver hoped-for results to the valiant, the courageous, then abstaining loses your voice in the "wilderness of discontent," with not even a hope of having your difference of opinion recognized, maybe researched, even admired, certainly not being registered on the psyche of America. And, I'm not even suggesting that I prefer "the anarchy of Libertarianism." I am saying that in the Opinion Poll that is the voting process, the ephemeral voice of discontent is barely heard through not voting, and barely registers...anywhere. A Ron Paul can be a symbol of discontent, even if not the object of affection; a hoped-for destiny. In other countries, multi-faction parties rule through coalitions of the unwilling, making a sausage of the governing process. It sometimes falls apart, loyalties and faction strengths come and go, and irregular, if constitutionally mandated, elections follow, in which new coalitions are formed to govern. Nobody gets everything they want, but everybody gets something...except the loser(s). Here's where it gets interesting. Suppose the Tea Party, or the Independent Party, coalesced around a philosophy, a candidate, even a slate of candidates espousing principles that are "all or nothing" regarding personal freedom, individual responsibility, and collective security; committed to responsible government derived and operated according to Constitutional principles. A platform dedicated to the re-affirmation of the Constitution by each and every citizen, perhaps evidenced by an Election Pledge that persuades those who concur to actually sign the Pledge and become "part of the change" through voting, and talking to friends, neighbors and relatives. By the way, an actual continuous teaching of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and Bill of Rights would be a very good thing in helping students learn and respect their individual rights and responsibiities throughout the learning process into adulthood. Might they be heard? Might they build enough momentum to actually win? Most observers don't think so. In fact, that approach is almost a guarantee that Democrats, with most of the factions united against opposition and around Socialist principles, will win. So what, you say. At least I got to vote for what I believe. Yes, you did. And since failing is not a commitment to suicide, you go on, certain in your right to make your opinion, your voice heard. And, even as Don Quixote went "down in flames," it was glorious, it was memorable. And when people talk, as they will constantly, about the Third Party effort, perhaps, just perhaps, those voices out there in the wilderness of discontent will decide that they had almost been heard, heard enough to cry louder the next time, to enlist more like-minded believers who insist, "all...or nothing!" "Persistence, my friends, more often delivers success than any amount of not trying. The stubbornness of persistence attracts followers and admirers, even worshipers, of the efforts of the persistent. To win, we must be persistent in our beliefs, and the actions we take to support them."