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Conservatives had little good to say about John McCain before he became the GOP nominee, but now they are prepared to vote for a pro-amnesty, liberal Republican, who recently was not only complicit in passing the greatest wealth distribution package in American history, but who also counts liberals Ted Kennedy, Joe Lieberman, and Russ Feingold amongst his greatest political allies. Is it really worth rewarding such a Republican in order to stop Obama?

This year, I will be voting for Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin. "Chuck who?" you ask. Exactly.

There is no perfect candidate, and in fact I only have two litmus tests that any candidate must pass in order to win my vote; he must be committed to a traditional foreign policy, with the first order of business being to bring our troops home from Iraq, and he must be serious about stopping illegal immigration. There are other issues that concern me, but these two promise to do the most damage to the United States, as war and open borders are inextricably linked to America's most pertinent economic, cultural, and security issues.


1 posted on 10/23/2008 9:04:39 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
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2 posted on 10/23/2008 9:05:21 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
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“This year, I will be voting for Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin. “Chuck who?” you ask.”

Which really means that Obama effectively gets another vote.


3 posted on 10/23/2008 9:05:30 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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idiot.


4 posted on 10/23/2008 9:05:45 AM PDT by pgkdan ("White folks greed runs a world in need," Jeremiah Wright as quoted by Barack Obama)
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Voting third party is a vote for Marxism...aka Barak HUSSEIN Obama

Remember Ross Perot?


5 posted on 10/23/2008 9:06:17 AM PDT by JaneNC (I)
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Good luck...comrade.


6 posted on 10/23/2008 9:06:53 AM PDT by albie
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Yeah...cuz voting for Chuck Baldwin (who?) isn’t throwing your vote away.


7 posted on 10/23/2008 9:07:06 AM PDT by mockingbyrd (When I say Obama. You say Ayers.....Obama! Ayers!)
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He has a right to vote for whatever candidate best represents him. I am voting for John McCain because, of the available candidates, he best represents me.


8 posted on 10/23/2008 9:07:23 AM PDT by Tax-chick (After 5:00 p.m., slip brains through slot in door.)
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Receiving your much expected responses from FR today? Are you a masochist?


9 posted on 10/23/2008 9:07:49 AM PDT by johniegrad
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Tell me about my ‘wasted vote’ once Obama is in power with a veto-proof Congress. Just the thought makes my blood run cold.


10 posted on 10/23/2008 9:08:03 AM PDT by tgusa (A taxpayer voting for B. Hussein Obama is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders)
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suffer the consequences


11 posted on 10/23/2008 9:08:52 AM PDT by lonestar
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Yet another reminder, if such were needed, that stupid people can write, too.


12 posted on 10/23/2008 9:08:59 AM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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Barack Obama thanks you for your vote!
13 posted on 10/23/2008 9:09:02 AM PDT by McGruff (Support your local House Republicans. They are our last line of defense.)
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His house is burning down around him and he shouts “look at me!”


14 posted on 10/23/2008 9:17:46 AM PDT by GVnana ("I once dressed as Tina Fey for Halloween." - Sarah Palin)
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The candidate with the most electoral votes becomes President. That will be either McCain or Obama.

Which would you rather have (1) signing/vetoing [Democrat/Socialist/Unconstitutional] legislation, (2) appointing [living-constitution/judical-activist] supreme court justices, and (3) commanding the military might of the USA?

Which manner of voting tends to favor one over the other? (1) Voting for a candidate touted as being behind in the polls or (2) not voting for a such a candidate?

16 posted on 10/23/2008 9:18:20 AM PDT by nonsporting
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I swear I read this exact same thing on a Ron Paul site this morning.

I look at it this way. Let's say it's the championship football game. There are two teams taking the field..."The Patriots" and "The Commukazies". So you go to bet in the football pool and you put money on "The Candybarrs" or "The Paulbearers". Congratulations. You've just throw away your money on a team that isn't even playing.

17 posted on 10/23/2008 9:18:29 AM PDT by Sisku Hanne (The day begins and ends in Alaska.)
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Here is a chart of the votes for third party candidates in the Presidential elections.

http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/14356022

Not a single one was the winner. However, every one of them changed the dynamic of the election. Far to the left on that chart is Ross Perot. Every person who voted for him took a vote away from another candidate, mostly Republican. In doing this Bill Clinton was elected with less than 50% of the Popular vote. That is what voting for a third party candidate in this election will do as well. Put in a candidate that is against our cause.


18 posted on 10/23/2008 9:18:33 AM PDT by netmilsmom ( Obama And Osama both have friends who bombed the Pentagon)
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Who the hell is Chuck Baldwin? One of the Baldwin Brother’s? Chuck Chuck, before I Upchuck. “Chuck”le!


19 posted on 10/23/2008 9:18:45 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ( Our Mamma beats your Obama)
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Who votes third party? Leftists? No. So what is this paper really advocating?

Talk about transparent.

They should just run an editorial explaining why Conservatives should not vote for McCain. That’s all this is.

I thought leftists were worried about too much hot air escaping into the atmosphere.


22 posted on 10/23/2008 9:21:56 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Is Obamanation what our founding fathers, our fallen men in combat, and Ronald Reagan had in mind?)
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He’s right. The lesser of two evils, is still evil.

By not voting for McCain, he’s not helping elect Obama. People who vote for Obama are responsible for electing him.


25 posted on 10/23/2008 9:24:19 AM PDT by tvdog12345
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Don't throw your vote away on Obama or McCain... Hell no!!

If you're going your vote away, you might as well really throw it away! You want to be sure that it is well and truly thrown far, far away ...

And what better way than to vote for a guy nobody's ever heard of, who's running under the banner of a party that traditionally runs neck and neck with the Libertarians in their headlong race for the cellar!

Chuck Baldwin -- YOUR choice for obscurity!

28 posted on 10/23/2008 9:26:49 AM PDT by r9etb
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