Ron Paul will be joined by Ralph Nader and other independent party candidates to promote the benefits of a multi-party system in a real democracy.

Libertarian-leaning congressman Ron Paul is urging voters to reject John McCain and Barack Obama and support one of the third-party candidates for president.

Paul, a Republican who abandoned his White House bid earlier this year, is gathering some of the candidates, independent Ralph Nader among them, on Wednesday to make his plea.

“The strongest message can be sent by rejecting the two party system,” Paul said in prepared remarks obtained by The Associated Press. “This can be accomplished by voting for one of the non-establishment, principled candidates.”

Personally, I have voted third party for many years now because I like having real choices and honestly have a hard time telling the two major parties apart on many issues.