Great article about 3rd party voting.

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10-03-2012, 13:44
HoneyBadger

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Originally Posted by Goodburbon

If one of those parties wanted my vote they should've competed for it. Instead they seem to be competing for which of them I hate a little bit less.

+1

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Originally Posted by Ridge

Fuck fuck fuckity fuck fuck.

+10

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Originally Posted by Aloha_Shooter

people voting for Johnson this year are smart enough to know Obama is a Marxist anti-American nutjob without the vaguest idea of what the Constitution actually says but they are still willing to cut the country's nose off to spite their sister's face.

If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.
10-03-2012, 13:44
Teufelhund

On a conference call at the moment, but I'm looking forward to having my eyes opened by an article on "rightsidenews.com." Rest assured I'll respond when I'm done.
10-03-2012, 13:53
Sharpienads

Does anybody who is voting third party truly believe that that candidate is going to win this election?

Honest question.
10-03-2012, 13:54
Inconel710

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Originally Posted by Ronin13

I've not really heard this EVERY election, but then again I wasn't paying much attention until recently... But I have to ask: SO FUCKING WHAT? It'll be time for the libertarian/green/voldemort party when it's their time. Right now we've seen a shift in power to a degree never before seen. We've seen an outcry of communism spread through our land (OWS), we've seen a call for a return to liberty (tea), we've seen our foreign policy turned on it's head, and we've seen, for the first time since 2001, a terrorist attack on US citizens that weren't military- But this time nothing is done, worse than nothing, it's denied, it's covered up, it's lied about. This is the worst administration for the freedoms many of us here have fought and shed tears/blood/sweat for. Reagan put it best: "Freedom is never more than a generation away from extinction." We are looking at that generation, right here, right now.

It's been repeated time and time again, we don't know for sure what Romney will do, but we do know what Obama will do, and can we really afford that? It's time to draw a line in the sand, you're either with us (freedom) or against us (Obama/Communism), it's not just about Romney, he's a small piece to the bigger picture. I don't love the guy, I don't think he's the best we can come up with, but he's all we have to defeat the current regime. I honestly do fear that if Obama wins this election, some way, shape, or form, it could very well be the last election we ever have in this country...

In the 1700's there was a whisper on the wind of freedom, so fragile it could be destroyed so easily. Today we see that same threat looming. What could happen in 2013? 2014? and so on? What would we do if somehow, someway, Obama was able to dissolve the congress, declare a state of emergency and quell any opposition with the wave of a hand? It's happened before, certainly not here, but what's stopping it from happening here? Us. We the people are stopping it. But what happens when we the people invite it? If just 51% of the population votes this way, we the people who hold these ideals of freedom become the minority, and then it truly will become an uphill battle. What would you do if America had it's own "October Revolution"? When the entitled seize that of the workers, and all are forced to live in the state owned nation?

I understand your point and I felt the same way twelve years ago. Then I watched my chosen candidate say one thing and do another for eight years. I watched the "compassionate conservative" prove how liberal and progressive he really was. I give all due respect to GWB for how he handled Afghanistan, but less respect for jumping into Iraq and trying to nation build on the cheap, and no respect for expanding Medicare and backing down when he had a chance to really reform Social Security. At the end, the nation was in worse shape financially and any good will the Republican party had at the beginning was flushed away and ensured the Democrats controlled both houses of Congress. Then to put the cherry on top, the best candidate the Republicans could come up with was McCain! [Bang]

We're still going off a cliff. How fast it happens remains to be seen.
10-03-2012, 13:55
HoneyBadger

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Originally Posted by Sharpienads

Does anybody who is voting third party truly believe that that candidate is going to win this election?

Honest question.

Nope.

Honest answer.
10-03-2012, 13:58
Sharpienads

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Originally Posted by HoneyBadger

Nope.

Honest answer.

So you're voting third party not believing that guy is going to win?
10-03-2012, 13:59
Ridge

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Originally Posted by Sharpienads

Does anybody who is voting third party truly believe that that candidate is going to win this election?

Honest question.

No, but I have a clear conscience because I didn't vote to destroy my beliefs and my country by choosing evil A or evil B.
10-03-2012, 14:03
Teufelhund

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Originally Posted by Sharpienads

Does anybody who is voting third party truly believe that that candidate is going to win this election?

Honest question.

No.

I have a question for you: Do you truly believe the purpose of an election is to try to guess the winner?
10-03-2012, 14:05
Inconel710

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Originally Posted by Sharpienads

Does anybody who is voting third party truly believe that that candidate is going to win this election?

Honest question.

Nope. Just tired of the false dichotomy.
10-03-2012, 14:05
CrufflerSteve

I'm sorry but I find that article unhinged. If you're really convinced by this you should lay off the caffeine for awhile. I could see a case for the current head of the asylum being a squishy Northern European Socialist type but "four years under a communist Obama dictatorship" is flat out stupid. If that has any truth then every president at least back to Woodrow Wilson and maybe further is a communist. Calvin Coolidge might be an exception but Mittens would also fit into this insane definition. When definition get spread too broad they become useless.

I agree with Ridge that I'm sick of being told every four years that the world will end if the Republican hack is not elected. I was being told in the 80's how the Democraps were going to use the Russian army to come take our guns. Now its a Mooslim Commie. Screw both parties.

I'm especially dismayed to see how the Republican party has become the Monster Raving Loony Party. http://www.omrlp.com/ If Ronald Reagan turned up nowadays you'd call him a commie and run him out of town. The Teabaggers have really ruined a grand old party. Now it's just a group of Koch suckers. The GOP has become the John Birch Society. A bunch of white dingbats who repulse everybody else.

Steve

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