[Ophiucus]

Staying home or voting third party is a perfectly legitimate way to say none-of-the-above to both parties.

Voting third party is legitimate. Staying at home is a dereliction of your duty.

[George W. Bush]

Voting third party is legitimate. Staying at home is a dereliction of your duty.

My duty as you imagine it.

Fortunately, the Founders didn't believe in such nonsense. The historical basis for voting was that of the privilege of property owners.

This isn't Iraq. We aren't compelled to vote by some nutcase murderous dictator. And refusing to vote does send a message to the parties, one that they can read quite well even if FR's Bushbot contingent can't figure it out. This is exactly why Rove keeps talking about the three million who stayed home in 2000. As he should. Because it's largely his fault that they did.

[My2Cents]

Voting third party at a time of war, both at home and abroad, when the only real choices are a moderately conservative (or conservatively moderate) incumbent, and the incarnation of evil in our society, is lunacy. Where in the so-called "real conservative's" set of values is the principle of cutting off their face to spite their nose? Being a loser isn't one of the values I cherish.