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Actually, I don't think I've seen the ad in question. Or I did but ignored it, which I guess is equally likely because I'm not likely to vote for either a Republican or a Democrat unless that's all that's on the ballot. But you're right, as far as I can tell, neither of the big parties are particularly useful.
As for independent parties, if everyone who was disgusted by the Republicrats decided they were voting "third" party, the Republicrats would become minor players in politics pretty quickly. The only reason they maintain so much power is because they've managed to convince everyone that they're the only options (money can do that, I guess).
I kind of think it's also a symptom of the dualistic mentality in the US in general, too. Everything in the US is either/or: black or white, good or bad, liberal or conservative, straight or gay, Republican or Democrat, with us or against us. But the world just isn't really like that. Pretty much everything in the world is a combination, a spectrum, a grey area. The real problem is that Americans in general need things to be simplistic. We need a country-wide shift toward the ability to think pluralistically.
Edited because my spelling was atrocious. "eith" indeed.
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