The Black or White Fallacy

There seems to be quite a bit of ink (actual and virtual) being spread around about the upcoming election in Massachusetts to fill the late Senator Kennedy's seat. As news and opinion (haven't they really become the same?) are reaching a fever pitch, it seems most appropriate to mention something called the Black or White Fallacy. The fallacy simply presents something in an Either/Or format pretending those are the only two choices when if fact, there are many shades of gray in-between.

After eight years of Bush-Lite bringing us to the brink (of what I am not sure), the country decided we had had enough and it was time to pull back, that Hope and Change were needed, so Obama was elected. The vast majority of the electorate had spoken saying they Hope for Change, but I don't see much of either.

Well, a year into the new President's term (a year is a year), I have pretty much lost hope for positive change. I feel like we are being nudged (shoved) closer to the edge, and we are starting to teeter with arms waving to stave off our fall just a moment longer... and that gets me to the point of this entry - Democrat or Republican... they're really all the same - they're all POLITICIANS! We accept TWO choices only. We are made to feel we are wasting a vote if we leave the well-worn path and vote for someone who really may be different (Ron Paul, Mike Gravel, Harry Browne).

If I run for office, do I have a snowball's chance? I may have some ideas that may appeal to some people, but I am not a recognized POLITICIAN (which should actually be a good thing. I have no one to answer to or "take care of" except the People! I am not a black or white - I am a gray that most people won't even acknowledge exists. I am an outsider, and the only way for me to even make a blip on the radar is to have one person tell two people who will tell two people, etc. If that happens just 30 times and everyone spoken to votes for me, I would receive 1,073,741,824 votes, which is something like 3.5 times the population of the United States! My ideas are at: http://www.bermansbits.com/politics.html. You don't have to like them, but at least compare them to what else is out there now

To vote for the lesser of two evils is still to vote for evil, and that's what we have to choose from... time after time after time....