All very interesting, but I would suggest reading the books I
recommended a few posts back to understand the issues and some of the
(possibly feasible) solutions.
Joe
On 10/4/12 2:19 PM, Steve Smith wrote:
Doug -
I'm voting for Gary as my mechanism for voting against Romney, and
lackluster Obama.
I don't know how accurate/useful/neutral this particular map is:
http://freedomslighthouse.net/2012-presidential-election-electoral-vote-map/
But it suggests to me that many who are voting for Obama to vote
*against* Romney/'Pubs/etc. can afford to risk "wasting" their vote by
voting *for* any third party. And alternatively, those who might
actually *want* Romney might accept that he's not happening this time
around and vote *for* the choice of a third party. My personal
preference *is* Gary Johnson despite my general mistrust of
self-declared Liberatarians. I think he could do a better job
handling the *important* issues for *both* parties than the candidates
fielded.
I'm very conflicted about Obama's performance... I understand the
general malaise represented by your desription as "lackluster"... but
I'm also willing to see him in for 4 more years. It looks pretty
likely he will get that chance.
Meanwhile I want to vote *for* third party representation and
alternatives to Red/Blue. This looks like the chance.
For those who are interested, BTW, https://voterview.state.nm.us/ will
let you look up your registration status. It seems a little too easy
to look up (name, birthdate?) but I guess this *is* public information?!
The psuedo-debates on Democracy Now with the Green and the Justice
party gave me hope... neither of the candidates came off as
whackadoodles... which I'm not sure I can say for Romney (though the
constrained/scripted debate format helps hide that side of him).
- Steve
--Doug
On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Steve Smith <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I've been out of the mix for a while, so I missed this:
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/JohnsonL
So Gary is not laying down, just being (mostly) ignored. He's
made the ballot in all 50 states apparently...
I'm hoping that in every non-battleground state, folks will not
be afraid to vote for their third-party candidate of choice.
Even Mickey Mouse, Alfred E. Neumann or your favorite pet.
In battleground states, it is a harder question... the arguments
against "splitting the vote" are real, which demands a change in
the election laws to break the bipartisan deadlock.
As many of you may know, I'm a big proponent of breaking the
polarization of our two-party system. Here is Democracy Now's
attempt to subvert the lock-out created by the two major parties
and maintained by myriad interests:
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/10/4/expanding_the_debate_exclusive_third_party
How many of us even knew there WAS a Green and a Justice Party
candidate? I assume some have not even heard of Libertarian
candidate Gary Johnson... if he wasn't an NM homeboy, *I* might
not have known about him.
Here is a short piece on the "conspiracy" behind this lockout...
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/10/3/ahead_of_first_obama_romney_debate
I tend to trust DN's accuracy in reporting, despite their clear
bias. The facts laid out here are pretty damning.
I'm personally sorry that Gary Johnson wasn't available for
this, I would like to believe it is truly logistics, not lack of
interest on his part for not being there for this.
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