If I hear a vote for Barr/Nader/any Third party is a vote for Idiot A or B, or “is a wasted vote” I think I will puke. The only vote wasted is the vote not cast. End of story.
Get this straight folks, this is an election, not American Idle. I am voting for the candidate that I feel best represents my views. Voting for the lesser of two evils just means that you are still stupid enough to vote for evil; and people wonder why there is something wrong in the US.
People that play that “a vote for ….” broken record are demonstrating a complete ignorance of the often criticized Electoral College system. The popular vote counts for nothing on the national level whatsoever, and I hope that never changes either.
In my state, Mr. McAmnesty will win regardless of whether or not I vote at all – no contest. Using the “a vote for…” logic, if I vote for Osama, on the state level, I am voting for the loser and am thus “throwing my vote away”. If Obamassiah wins the most Electoral College votes nationwide, anyone who votes for McSame anywhere is throwing their vote away because they are what….? “voting for the loser”. The only place voting for one of the two dummies really makes a difference matters is in the swing states.
The only way that the media will every recognize Third Party Candidates will be if the American public wakes up to the way the Electoral College works and rallies the “losing” side of their state to vote for the Third Party Candidate instead of the “other guy”.
Using my logic, McWar will still win my state, no question, and get all of the state’s Electoral College votes. But convincing Oblahblah’s supporters here to vote for say Barr or Nader instead will send a clear signal that a very large percentage of people are tired of the same old retreads. This is because of the fact that while a state may turn Red or Blue on the map, the raw numbers are still displayed for everyone to see.
Let me re-iterate: Voting for the lesser of two evils just means that you are still stupid enough to vote for evil, and as long as we continue to do that that is exactly what we will get – more evil. How much more can we take?
Live free or Diebold!…. oops. Never mind, if voting actually changed anything, they’d just make it illegal.
