Staying home is not an option. You still need to vote the rest of the ballot, even if you write yourself in for President.
Very true.
Exactly.
I would never not vote, especially because of your point.
I just write my dad or someone in for Pres. I didn’t vote for McCain, either.
I always think about it this way: Why would you EVER cast a vote for someone you don’t truly believe is qualified to do the job. It puts you in a philosophical quandary of illegitimacy which I want no part of. Often, when totalitarians take over, you voted for them. Later when you protest, they ask a simple question, “Why did you vote for them then?” It is more often than not, not the case that they dupe the populace, but that they simply execute exactly what they said they would.
Personally I need to be able to always retain the answer “I didn’t,” as a truth when I know how I’m going to feel about their future policy decisions and rule.
For Example:
You vote for Barack, in 10 years you’re a socialist slave, you complain “Why can’t I do this Mr. State? I used to be able to” “Well sir, I transformed America like I said, if you didn’t want to do that, why did you vote for me? I told you what I was going to do, I had a record of what I was going to do?”
I can’t fathom having to stand there feeling stupid if ever posed with that question (here in 2012, the case being Mittens). Sure, the guy you do vote for always has a chance of duping you, but that means you were duped. If you hold your nose and vote you are not being duped, you voting for what you know you are going to get.
Sure it is. The local Congress seat is held for life by RINO Frank Wolf, and Allen is unlikely to need the help. . .
Quite so. We need a Legislature that is responsive to the people. As for Mitt, if people twisted his ‘nads, he’d probably respond. Remember Bush on the Harriet Miers nomination?
Quite so. We need a Legislature that is responsive to the people. As for Mitt, if people twisted his ‘nads, he’d probably respond. Remember Bush on the Harriet Miers nomination?