A surprising number of my left wing-nut acquaintances on Facebook castigated me for having voted for Gary, claiming that I was "giving away a vote to Romney".
I repeatedly, patiently explained, "No, I'm taking away a vote for Obama, and I'm taking away a vote for Romney, and I've giving it to Gary." A surprisingly hard concept for the left-wing fanatics to grasp. Also, and primarily, that vote was a statement against the two party system. --Doug On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Nick - > > ** ** > > I really like the instant run=off. Or any run-off, for that matter. > Forces people to snuggle with people they don’t like. > > I do like run-offs, but more so that I can vote *first* for my preferred > candidate and *second* for the lesser of evils and get a more diverse pot > of ideals, issues, and discussions. Maybe "snuggling with people they > don't like" is your shorthand for this diversity? > > **** > > I have voted for Obama. And for Elizabeth Warren. I vote in > Massachusetts. Romney seems to me to be a scoundrel. > > I fear he is a scoundrel backed by scoundrels. He is much more astute > personally than GW Bush or Ronnie V. Reagan was, maybe more like GHW > Bush... and less likely to be a simple(ton) figurehead for the likes of > Cheney/Rumsfield/Wolfowitz to run the country (into the ground) for the > benefit of their arrogance and their pocketbooks (and those of their > friends). > > He seems so unstable that I am tempted to see him elected just for the > pure thrill of seeing what happens. > > I reveled (REVELED) at the coin toss of 2000 when Gore and Bush were left > in limbo for months while their minions blew as hard as they could to get > the coin to fall on their preferred side. My morbid fascination was in > high gear... But within 2 years (9/11 and the start of the Iraq war and > many other things) I was shitting my proverbial pants... it wasn't funny > any more. Reagan and Bush I had used up a lot of my patience for > Republicans, but Clinton balanced that out by using up a lot of my patience > for Democrats. But Bush II and his cronies caused me to evacuate my > patience for their party in short order. > > Were it not for the supreme court, I might be tempted. > > I'm not clear on the allusion? Are you saying it would be fun to watch > another coin toss get blown over by the Supreme Court? > > Gary Johnson, I don’t know, but I am only a libertarian on social > issues. > > Yes... this is what stopped me from voting for him really... that and > knowing that I didn't want to vote *against* Obama. A vote for Gary > Johnson would have been a vote for validating third parties more than > anything. Perot and Nader have proven that our elections can be influenced > significantly by a third party. > > **** > > So, we’ll see. > > with Bated Breath! > - Steve > > **** > > ** ** > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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