Farah: How to defeat 'McCain-Obama ticket'

WASHINGTON – For Joseph Farah, editor and founder of WND, the 2008 presidential election is not a case of "either-or," it's a case of "neither-nor."

The author of "None of the Above" doesn't see the race so much as a contest between John McCain and Barack Obama. He sees it more like a McCain-Obama ticket. And the only real choice Americans have is to reject it.

"There is a real choice in the 2008 presidential election," he says. "The choice is to vote for none of the above. It's the only choice that makes sense. It's the only choice that will make a real difference for the future of our country. It's the only choice that is moral and justifiable from both a pragmatic point of view as well as an idealistic one."

Farah is no fan of President George W. Bush, having opposed many of his policies during the last eight years and having refused to endorse him or vote for him in 2000.

"However," he writes in his new book, "in all honesty, the choices put before us this year by the two major parties make George Bush look like George Washington by comparison."

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Farah believes there is a chance the 2008 election, with its dismal major-party nominees, could be one of the most important elections in American history – one that causes a major realignment, a radical change in the way candidates are selected, great changes in both parties, the emergence of competition from one or more third parties and the redemption of the Republican Party.

"All that's on the table," he says. "Don't believe the experts. They're not looking deeply enough at what's happening out there in the grass roots."

Farah points out the experts predicted Hillary Clinton would be the nominee of the Democratic Party. That didn't happen.

They predicted the only guy who could compete with her was Rudy Giuliani. That didn't happen.

Later they said Fred Thompson would sweep onto the scene and walk away with the Republican nomination. That didn't happen.

Many also predicted Mitt Romney had to be the nominee of the Republican Party. That didn't happen.

"So far, the experts are 100 percent," says Farah. "They've been wrong every time."

Farah doesn't believe the presidency can be denied one of the two front-runners. But he does believe the best long-term interests of the country will be served by a general uprising of voters refusing to select the lesser of two evils. "None of the Above" lays out a panoply of reasons and some shocking, unconventional conclusions that will, at the very least, challenge every reader to think before they jump on one of the major-party candidate's bandwagon.

"I don't think Americans have really considered how powerful it is to vote 'no.' The Soviet Union imploded when Russians said 'no.' 'No' is a very powerful word. It is a revolutionary word. And America is in need of a political revolution – a revolution that gives voters real choices."

Some political analysts believe the 2008 presidential election could be historic in its levels of non-participation – at least insofar as the two major-party candidates are concerned.

When "None of the Above" is released officially into bookstores nationwide Aug. 19, Farah plans to unveil scientific polling results showing the strength of the movement – even before it gets started.

With one of five Hillary Clinton supporters saying they are unlikely to vote for Barack Obama and deep dissatisfaction in Republican ranks for the nominee of their party, third party candidates have the best chance in years of scoring significant vote tallies.

Farah believes whoever wins among the two major-party candidates will lead America in the wrong direction.

"How can any of us be a part of knowingly sending America on the wrong course?" he asks. "I believe there is a better way."

Farah's better way is joining the "None of the Above" movement and making a major political statement in 2008 that will reverberate for years to come – helping Americans who believe in the Constitution, limited government, personal responsibility, individual rights and self-government to recapture the White House and the Congress in future elections.

"Many people who believe in these principles – principles most closely associated with the Republican Party – think holding your nose and voting for John McCain is the right thing to do in 2008," he says. "I disagree. If McCain wins, he will have done it his way – with an incoherent platform that promotes global warming hysteria, embryonic stem cell research, unconstitutional restrictions on First Amendment freedoms, more illegal immigration, etc."

He says at least one of the two major parties needs to be recaptured by freedom-loving Americans who believe in self-government – and that is more likely with low turnout for the major parties and high turnout for third parties and write-ins.

Before writing the book, Farah was behind the "None of the Above" bumper sticker, one of the most popular products in the WND online store. WND is now giving away the magnetized bumper stickers with every purchase of the book.

"We need a minimal standard of acceptability for any candidate running for president," says Farah. "That standard for me is support for the Constitution. I don't see that in either of the two major-party standard-bearers. That's why I will be voting for neither of them in 2008."

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