Why would America want a third party when we already have 3?

Tow things that America learned Wednesday night as we waited to see if the government would reopen is, one, that we don't need to a third party. In fact, we already have 3 political parties, but most people can only vote for one of two of them. And the second thing is, the GOP is still lying to America about the Tea Party. But what's really sad is that after Wednesday night, most people will only vote for one of the parties, no matter who's on the ballot.

Don't think there's 3 parties already? Well, both the Democratic party and the establishment GOP party never wanted a default, and tried to get their members to vote for a clean CR. So who were the 18 people in the Senate and the 144 people in the House who voted against the CR and to have America default on the debt? That's the Tea Party, the third political party in America. It's true that except in rare circumstances no Americans will see all 3 parties on a ballot, all 3 showed themselves Wednesday night.

So after Wednesday night, why is the establishment arm of the GOP saying that there are just 20 to 30 members of the Tea Party that tried to keep the government closed. Now, the Democrats are mimicking this number, but it makes no sense for them to tamp down the numbers, but it does for the establishment GOP. They don't want America to know that the Tea Party has taken over the GOP, although it's obvious to anyone who has paid attention, or add. In the Senate, 18 of the 45 GOP Senators, or 40%, are actually Tea Party members. In the House, 144 out of 234 GOP Representatives voted for default, meaning 60% are Tea Party members. The Tea Party may not be the majority party, but the vote Wednesday showed they are a powerful political minority party. They're so powerful, in fact, that in most places, they're pushing out the establishment GOP.  

Now, the saddest thing is that, after Wednesday night, in a large part of America, people won't vote for either the Democrat or the Tea Party. In the deep south, and in most rural mid-west and western areas in America, they either see no need for the government or truly hate it, and they'll never vote for Democrat. And since in those areas the Tea Party is ousting the establishment GOP, that means they'll vote for the Tea Party. But after Wednesday night, and the 16 day government shutdown, in almost all other areas in America, after what the Tea Party/GOP did, they won't vote for anyone but the Democratic Party. So while there may be 3 political parties, most only trust 1 to do what they think America needs. And that's really sad.