Well, since all temporal governments are headed up by imperfect human beings (this isn't a theocracy and we don't have direct rule by the perfect one, ie: God), then the principled vote should always go to the candidate (in one of the only two viable parties) who comes the closest to reflecting the values you believe in.
To sit at home and not vote, to vote for some third party candidate, or to write in a name, none of whom have a chance of winning, is to empower the most unprincipled ones among us to decide who will be elected.
But there are a lot of reeeeeeeally stuuuuuuupid people out there who will actually be willing to cut their nose off to spite their face and do it.
"Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be taught, and drunkenness sobered, but STUPID lasts forever." -Aristophanes.
You make some sense, BUT--
At what point do we reach critical mass? On foxnews.com right now there is a whole new admin initiative to put men back on the moon. To retrace our footprints, I presume, to the tune of trillions.
A whole new Medicare entitlement, to the tune of dozens of billions.
87 billion on Iraq.
Bush is spending like a crazy man. If he were a Dem, we might be in a better position to stop him. As it is, we're not so able to.
So, does the point of critical mass exist for you?
You make some sense, BUT--
At what point do we reach critical mass? On foxnews.com right now there is a whole new admin initiative to put men back on the moon. To retrace our footprints, I presume, to the tune of trillions.
A whole new Medicare entitlement, to the tune of dozens of billions.
87 billion on Iraq.
Bush is spending like a crazy man. If he were a Dem, we might be in a better position to stop him. As it is, we're not so able to.
So, does the point of critical mass exist for you?