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Down with political parties and partisan politics

I am sick of all the in-party fighting on both sides of the political fence, Democratic and GOP.

A third party is overdue to take the reins — or no party system would be even better. My vote would be for the no-party system. That way, there would not be the us-against-them system they have now. There would be more bipartisan voting, and work will get done, instead of all this in-party rhetoric and fighting and nothing getting done at all.

The Democrats and GOP are dinosaurs and need to become extinct. We would be voting for the person and not a dinosaur party that can’t work together.

Raymond C. Porter, Paso Robles

This story was originally published April 20, 2016 at 9:00 PM with the headline "Down with political parties and partisan politics."

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