i.e. arbitrarily support just one of two choices when there might actually be more than just two choices, perhaps three or four, who knows? Men in uniform, in case you might want to consider it, fought and died for a free electoral and ballot processes, that extends to any American political party which goes through the certified administrative procedures to stand for elections legally under our voting system. This was secured as much in Iwo Jima as it was in Khe San. Do you dispute this, fellow American?
If legally a party or person can get on a United States ballot and field a slate of electors for the Electoral College, that is a blood-shed right that I have guaranteed as a voter. You have a lot of nerve to dictate who I will vote for on my ballot, by limited legitmate choices. No one will dictate to me that "you will vote for "A" between "A" and "B", when there may well be "C", "D", and "E" there as well. Got it? Knew you would.
There's always a cast of sure losers on the ballot. Libertarians, Socialists, and host of other fringe parties. I don't think anyone is begrudging your right to toss yer vote in the trash. They're just trying to persuade you not to because you're wasting your vote. Yup. That's right.
So go ahead and vote for the Zoroastrian Party or whatever, but don't try to pretend it will be a vote of any consequence. You know it won't. If the two candidates are both so unacceptable to you that you can't vote for either, fine. That's your right. But let's deal in reality and understand that you are basically leaving it up to everyone else to decide. Your vote won't count. It's meaningless.
A third party candidate would have to be making serious nat'l news and have real support to be anything worthy of serious consideration. That only happened once in recent memory, and that was Ross Perot, and of course he turned out to be a nutjob, he blew it, and helped deliver WJC to the WH. We're still paying for that debacle.
So please, spare us the third party stuff. It's nonsense. Either the Dem or the GOPer will be the next president. As my tagline illustrates, it's a pretty easy choice for those with the stomach for making real life choices.