OMG! In what alternate universe do you live where California goes Romney?
No one on this board is going to tell me to vote for Romney because he's great and ought to be president.
The only arguments in favor of voting for Romney are going to be purely utilitarian, i.e. vote Romney because he is at least slightly less pathetic than Obama.
Well, it turns out I have an even better utilitarian idea that you! I know for a fact that Obama already has California in the bag. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar or delusional.
Because of that I am going to put my vote to the best possible use, i.e. helping the Green Party get 5% of the popular vote so that they can siphon some of the ultra-liberals away from the Democrats in order for the Republicans to squeak through for future victories.
If you have a principled reason for voting for Romney, then great. But if your only argument is pragmatic, and if you live in a solidly blue state, then you should do the even more pragmatic thing of voting for the Green Party.
“OMG! In what alternate universe do you live where California goes Romney?”
Sorry - I wasn’t even referring to the CA issue. I get your point on voting Green there, but still - a vote against BHO’s rival is a vote for BHO. And it may very well be a closer race than people think.
“No one on this board is going to tell me to vote for Romney because he’s great and ought to be president.”
NO one’s saying Romney’s great (or even close). However, he (or ANY of the candidates we have) is a better choice for POTUS than America-hating, Muslim, treasonous BHO who is deliberately, rapidly taking our country and us down.
“The only arguments in favor of voting for Romney are going to be purely utilitarian, i.e. vote Romney because he is at least slightly less pathetic than Obama.”
Okay. And if he ends up being the nominee (I’m personally hoping for an open convention), ALL our votes will be needed to rid our republic of the evil threat currently occupying the WH.