If you stay home and not vote, you basically forfeit the “right” to b*tch and complain about the outcome
I will be happy to respond to questions regarding the points I made, not silly snark.
Nope. 1st Amendment rights aren't based on whether someone votes or not. Sorry it's not all nice and neat for you, but you don't get to control what other people do.
/johnny
I used to agree with that. But now, I see not voting as a revolutionary act.
I voted for Romney in the last election. But now I see that doing so only plays into the GOPe's hands. We will never move the Republicans to the conservative side until even the GOP-e realizes that they cannot win without the conservative base.
If a conservative Republican is not available in an election, I'm staying home.
If that means another Democrat trifecta such as we had in 2008, so be it. As scary and devastating as that prospect might be, it is hardly any less so than having a useless "moderate" Republican majority in Congress, or a "moderate" Republican in the White House who continue push the progressive agenda.
We are out of time now. Our country is already probably too far gone to save. If the non-conservative Republicans get destroyed in 2014 and 2016, perhaps that will force the Republican Party to reconsider its present course. If not, who needs them.
How does it help us to keep putting the GOP-e back in power.