Dear Editor:
The article about Tea Parties (Vol8 N1) was very good, and I totally support the idea of cutting back taxes and cutting back expenses. One idea that really concerns me is the possibility of the Tea Party forming a third political party. I hope that never happens.
What happens when there is a third party? In 1960 there were the Democrats and the Republicans. The Democrat party split and allowed the Republicans to win (a providential event). To my knowledge, no third party has ever won. I vividly remember Ross Perot giving the Democrats the 1992 and 1996 elections by taking conservative votes from Bush, the Republican candidate.
I don’t know who the Republican presidential candidate will be, but whoever it is will be better than any Democrat candidate. If the Tea Party becomes a political party and has a presidential candidate, I can almost guarantee that it will give the election to the Democrat party.
