10-30-2008, 04:34 PM
Ole Wrote:The Independant Party, Libertarian Party or Green Party has had no significant showing in the past, gowing all the way back to TR. It is unfortunate, but if you vote for Barr or Paul, you are helping no-one. The situation has been to vote for the better of the two evils for me since Reagan. Perot only received around 18% of the popular vote. If I am not mistaken, that is the best showing since (I think) 1911.
Good thing nobody had that attitude when the Republican party was founded, and bypassed the Whig party in *under six years*.
Voting for Barr (or that Constitution whacko, I guess) shows politicians who would normally consider a third party to be a political dead end that maybe, just maybe it isn't.
I'm sorry, but it's attitudes exactly like yours that not only have gotten us into this problem to begin with, but continue to propagate it. It's a self fulfilling prophecy.
Sorry, I can't in good conscience vote for any of a pair of candidates that are just arguing the methods of the destruction of this nation.
McCain: "I think we should just drive straight into the wall with our foot on the floor."
Obama: "I think we should brake feint, cut the wheel, and roll into the wall."
Don't you want to at least TRY to elect the guy who says "Hey, I've got an idea! Let's slow down."
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