If you ever wonder why third parties do so poorly in the United States, the Seattle Times coverage of the Washington state Senate race might give you a clue.
The lede to the story, of course, forthrightly tells how Democratic U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell handily beat Republican challenger Mike McGavick.
But there were other candidates in the race, and it is true that they were mentioned in the story -- in the very last paragraph of a 25 paragraph story.
"Others on the ballot — Libertarian Bruce Guthrie, independent Robin Adair and Aaron Dixon of the Green Party — were far behind."
That's it, that's all the corporate media thinks you need to know about anyone who dares to challenge the two-party system.
Not that we really have a two-party system, of course. We have one party, the war party.
Posted by Deck at November 8, 2006 11:34 AM