Seeing America through shades of red and blue

At first read, a 45-foot political-process educating, multi-candidate promoting, C-SPAN-endorsed tour bus sounded too good to be true. Turns out, it was. Unfortunately, this “educational” bus did no more than reemphasize the two rigid political stances that have taken over Cal Poly (not to mention the rest of the country). According to Mustang Daily, we live in a two-party system. Apparently, the bus gave students “.the opportunity to interact with key representatives from both parties.” I’m assuming Ms. Vincent was referring to the Democratic and Republican Parties. (By the way, Ms. Vincent, are you aware that there are other political parties?)

Before reading this article, I had a small glimmer of hope that my generation would be the one to break away from the ridiculous notion that every four years we are limited to two choices: left or right. Unfortunately, it seems everyone around me, from C-SPAN to Mustang Daily is either red or blue, with no one taking notice of any other colors or parties that make up our American diversity.