Gramps
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Voting 3rd party is not a waste.
You may not elect your candidate this time, but it is a process. The way the laws are rigged, any 3pc is at a severe disadvantage in terms of funding, ballot access, etc. The only way for them to get a (more) level playing field is to get x% of the vote (cant remember the exact percentage) in this election for the next election.
Also, it tells the establishment parties that we don't love them anymore. The GOP still clings to this idea that they can run anyone and we will vote for them simply because they are not the Dem. We have to tell them that this is not true. Otherwise we will keep getting the same crap over and over.
Anyone with half a brain could tell that Obama's policies and ideas were crap. But he won. He did so because a) he wasn't GWB and b) he is black (here comes the hate, but I know several people who voted for him because they thought it would be good for a black man to be president. too bad it wasn't important to them that the right man be president.) My point is, the Dems aren't doing any better in the candidate dept lately either (dole, kerry).
If you don't like the status quo, then you MUST vote for something else. That something else is a 3pc.
The problem with voting the lesser of two evils is that you are still voting for evil.
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