Thread: Let's Talk 3rd Party

Originally Posted by Borey the Bald

While it might be futile, I do not believe that involvement in the political process is a waste of time.

Just because you have virtually no chance of success, do you not try?

Saw an interview this morning of Scott Farris, who was pushing his new book “Almost President – The Men Who Lost The Race But Changed The Nation”. In it, he makes the case that a dozen men who have run for the American presidency and lost have had a greater impact than many of the victors.


One of his examples was Barry Goldwater, who ran in 1964 and was soundly defeated, but who, Farris says, fundamentally changed the Republican Party and paved the way for Reagan's victory in 1980.