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Originally Posted by Griff
No. You believed you made the right choice then and you believe you're going to make the right choice now.
I want for the RNC to see Bush losing PA by the couple percentage points picked up by someone who stands for values that most Republicans believe in. Sure its a fantasy but if it looks like Kerry will have a close win in PA I'm clicking The Lib lever. There is no way I want Kerry to think he has my support unless he gets real on the war. Bottom line voting is an empty activity. The way you effect our government is through professional involvement and bribery er fundraising. Voting is just a silly activity that creates the illusion of representation and makes punks like Bush think they have some moral authority.
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I agree with your summation of the voting process in some ways. The sad thing is that "punks" like Bush or Kerry or ANY elected representative on the national level don't for a moment believe they derive any moral authority from the "will of the people" - they just want everyone else to buy into this fairy tale or keep quiet about it if they don't. The American people continue to refuse to acknowledge the fact that the emperor wears no clothes, and that's fine by the emperor.
I DO feel that my vote still makes some difference on the state and, especially, the local level. I think we all need to pay more attention to the grass roots if we want to even try to save this great experiment we call American democracy.
I don't like Kerry, but I loathe and hate Bush. The election is close enough in my state, anyway, that Kerry WILL get my vote. I would restate Radar's analogy more like this: I have a 49% sure chance of dying, a 47% chance it could go either way, and, given the dynamics of the selection process, I can in effect choose the first option by selecting something that has a 100% certainty of not happening, as noble (or not) as that third choice may be.
Welcome to the real world. George W. Bush has SHOWN the American people that he is amoral, playing the game for the ends of his handlers and himself with no regard for the people of this country and its democratic ideals. Jefferson would weep to see what this most recent George has wrought, so counter to what the first man by that name in office FOUGHT for.
A vote for a third party candidate in such a close election as this is a vote AGAINST whatever ideals you may have. If you feel strongly about the lack of choice offered to the American voter, become an activist in the off election years. Support candidates at the local level who stand for what you believe in. Speak out against the electoral college process and the way a place in office is now bought and sold. For God's sake, vote to give this country at least an outside chance and not the certainty of the Bush administration's continued atrocities against the Republic we all hold so dear.