"I will still vote for the "lesser of the evils,""
The lesser of two evils argument is a phony argument. Are you aware of what you're saying? Ok, let's say we have candidate A and B. Candidate A degree of evilness is, say, 7, on a scale of one to ten, while candidate B is 8. So you vote for candidate A, since he's the lesser evil of the two. Candidate A gets elected. In the intervening 4 years candidate A prepares for re-election and, in doing so, his degree of evilness shoots up to 9 (people, and especially politicians, do change over time). Now candidate A goes against B, whose degree of evilness is 9 1/2. Again, according to your criterion, you vote for A because he's the lesser of two evils. Candidate A (with a 9th degree of evilness) now rules over the people. Notice that candidate A is now more evil than he was in the first election. In fact he's more evil than B was in the first election.
I know, pretty convoluted and extreme, but so economic analogies. The whole point being that the lesser of two evils today may be the greater evil tomorrow, as in the case above. Evil is evil and I'd rather not vote for it. but then, again, politcians are masters at using scare tactics, and the sheeple will continue to re-elect them over and over.
Terri's fight is not over. It should never be over. And, most importantly, I will never, ever, forget.
Have a good evening y' all and sorry for ranting and being off-topic. You did not deserve it, but I'm angry, disappointed, outraged and exhausted. Unimaginable, unthinkable that an innocent human being could be starved and dehydrated to death, intentionally and premeditatedly.
As another poster remarked last night: TERRI IS US.
I won't ever forget, either.
If we show the Republican Party that they ought to stop taking us for granted, maybe next time it won't be a lesser of evils - maybe it will be clearly good against evil.
And you have a good evening, too. :)