Editor,
I detect a little cognitive dissonance in your Oct. 23 From the Backshop comments. You express discontent with the two presidential candidates/campaigns and wish for a third party “in the worst way.” Yet, you begrudge Senator Lugar for his non-support to date for Richard Mourdock, who ran a negative campaign against Lugar. If you can wish for a third party, Lugar and his supporters can choose not to support Richard Mourdock. Just as you have reasons for disliking the major party candidates or campaigns, Lugar supporters may still have their reasons not to vote for Mourdock. Many Republicans, including six to nine challengers, immensely disliked Romney in the primaries, yet will probably vote for him in the general election because of party affiliation. Same could be said for the 2008 elections wherein many Hillary Clinton supporters cast their votes for Obama out of party loyalty. Whatever happened to voting for candidates on merit rather than mere party affiliation? And, yes I’ve liked the idea of third, fourth, or fifth parties for quite some time now. Still have my Perot for President ’92 hat!
Bruce Braden
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