Matthew Walker wrote:
On Wed, June 18, 2008 2:18 pm, Steven Alligood wrote:
The only way to fix the current system is from within.  If you vote for
someone who has no chance of winning, you are doing nothing to make this
a better country; you're just complaining, but unwilling to help.

If you vote for someone who has no chance of winning, you have no right
to complain about the winner, because you did not take the opportunity
given you to effect the outcome.


The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do
nothing.  Voting for someone that you KNOW cannot win is doing
absolutely nothing about where this country is going.

I ask then... If I can't vote for either candidate that 'can win', what am I 
supposed to
do? And don't say that I should vote for one of them anyway. There is no lesser 
of two
evils here. They are both absolutely abysmal choices, and I will /NOT/ vote for 
either
one of them.

Should I not vote at all? I don't think so. So what do I do? Complain loudly? 
Grab a
torch and pitchfork?

No, I think I should do my patriotic duty, and vote for who I believe will do 
the best
thing for this country.

1) always your right, and a freedom I explicitly agree with (no matter how I argue about it)

2) easy to do in a state where you already know where the electoral votes are going. Hard to do when a small handful of votes actually can turn the tide.

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