Yeah, that sums up Politics. It is all about picking the lesser of two evils.
Nice discussion going on.
> Those who think that by committing the sin of omission, they are somehow self-righteous are just flat out wrong. In the real world of politics, not voting for the lessor of two evils is choosing the greater evil. Period.
Just a word of caution, given your BIG BOLD letters and naming of sins, above. If you're boosting Rudy, you might want to look here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1823139/posts
and be aware that a lot of broken-glass Republicans have been picking the shards out of their knees, standing up, and disavowing Giuliani and his unacceptable liberal beliefs.
Just sayin', FR is maybe not where you want to pick a fight on that topic...
Yup, there are plenty of Republicans who claim they'd stay home rather than vote for the lesser of two evils in the upcoming election, but what many of them fail to recognize is that they have voted in such a manner for the past ....well, since Reagan left office. If you voted for GHWB ('88 & '92), Dole ('96), and GWB ('00 & '04) you voted for the lesser of two evils. That's the real world -- Ronald Reagans are extraordinarily rare, unfortunately.
Meanwhile, as bad as Bush has been on certain issues, can you imagine what kind of shape we'd be in if either Gore or Kerry won? ...especially concering the makeup of SCOTUS. No Roberts and Alito, but undoubtedly a couple of Ginsburg clones. ...and conservatives wouldn't have won all the cases we've been winning recently.
I'm no Rudy fan by a longshot, but anyone who thinks that he and Hillary are politically indistinguishable and that their SCOTUS picks would be nearly identical isn't playing with a full deck.