[cynwoody]

Folks need to abandon the notion that voting is in any way of statement of principle. It's not. It's just a crude instrument with which to exert influence on the political process. If the best way to influence the outcome favorably is to vote for a jerk, then you vote for the jerk.

If you choose to stay home or not to cast your vote in such a way as to make it most likely that Zero will be out in 2012, then you are part of the problem!

[Turtlepower]

“If the best way to influence the outcome favorably is to vote for a jerk, then you vote for the jerk.”

What if the jerk is no better then Zero? So, you get Zero out, but now you have the jerk who doesn’t do anything to advance the country in the proper direction.

If you vote for Zero or the jerk then you are part of the problem!