If Thomas Jefferson and our other Founding Fathers had that attitude we would be sipping tea every afternoon and singing "God Save The King."
It does matter because it is MY vote. I don't care if my candidate hasn't a snowball's chance to be elected. I voted. I made my opinion known. Do some research. The Libertarian Party is getting more official elected in local and state elections than before. There is a ground swell and a viable national candidate is coming. It may not happen this decade, but it will. Russel Madere Webmaster 504.832.9835 SunShine Pages by EATEL www.sunshinepages.com -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 10:07 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: nws - now *this* guy is upset. > Russel wrote: > As long as I vote, it does count. That attitude is piss poor. > My attitude is reality - because of the electoral college and a 2 party system that controls debates and makes election law only a huge fluke could get a 3rd party candidate in office. Further, unless the person is a real star, like Mr. Nader or Mr. Perot, they'll not even get enough votes to earn a mention in a news story. Voting for someone with no chance to become a lawmaker is a waste of time; they've no congressional support, no money, no debates, and therefore no chance to change anything. It's like a football team that's down 40 to 0 in the last minute of the game; they throw the Hail Mary, but does it really matter? No, because it won't change anything so why do it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136121 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
