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      Every accusation is a confession from these guys… their thought process is “Well, we’re doing it! So they must be doing it too!”

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      I don’t think that’s true, but you can tell because of the disrespect for democracy.

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    Artiles was convicted on three felony counts related to $44,000 in payments he made to Alex Rodriguez, a no-party candidate whose role was to siphon votes from Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez, the Democratic incumbent.

    This is what all the people who only care about third parties either don’t understand or ignore.

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      Socialist, green, and marijuana legalization parties make sense on paper. Of course that’s only as long as you ignore how votes are counted, where the money comes from, and their actual listed accomplishments.