I tried a protest vote one year.... and Bill Clinton got elected!
Yup. Made that mistake as well. Not going to happen again.
Look, if some people want Italian governments, let them go to Italy.
So did I! Doesn't it suck when we have so few choices?
"I tried a protest vote one year"
I don't do "protest" votes, they suck. I vote for the person I want to see in office. No more holding my nose and hoping against hope that the local chimp Republican will do what is right. If you want to see things keep going the way they are keep voting the way you have been. I'm sick of the pure bullshit our government has been handing out and am trying to do something about it. It may be way past the time voting will solve anything.
Why would do a protest vote in a Presidential election! You do these "teach you a lesson" things during the off-year elections. If we go and vote for Republicans in this election, then they will think that their liberalism and/or spinelessness is condoned. Then you will have our party bosses pushing for McCain, Dole, or some other RINO like Bush to be nominated again.
When you vote against one party instead of what you believe, you are making a protest. The argument of voting for the lesser of two evils could be said to be a vote in protest against greater evil.
The Framers did not intend for us to vote this way. I vote for the candidate that holds the same or close to the same values as myself. And I could care less what letter they have by their name.
So you're the one! It was all your fault!
Mark