[Reno89519]

Look, you can put lipstick on your rationalizations but there are only two viable choices today. Wishful thinking and idealism (or fanaticism or martyrdom), will not change that. Vote for a 3rd party or independent candidate if you wish, but that is a purely wasted vote and, in the match-up between Trump and Clinton, a vote for her. Enjoy the moronic results.

Like the ice cream, there is only chocolate and vanilla, you choose something, you lose.

[Edward.Fish]

Wishful thinking and idealism (or fanaticism or martyrdom), will not change that.

What wishful thinking? I am flat out asserting that a vote for X is not a vote for A because it's not a vote for B.

Vote for a 3rd party or independent candidate if you wish, but that is a purely wasted vote

Argue with John Quincy Adams:

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
— John Quincy Adams

Like the ice cream, there is only chocolate and vanilla, you choose something, you lose.

No, there really are other flavors; I could walk over to the freezer and pull out a strawberry right now.