D.O., I realize my brief answer was abrupt. But I did feel that you were missing my point in your vehemence about your point. No harm, no foul. But please reconsider what I was saying — at certain times, in certain races, we need to reluctantly conclude that buying a little time by voting for a naive, misguided and vulnerable candidate is better than either a) abstaining or b) voting for an evil candidate who is also fully entrenched and connected.
People often say that our votes for Perot helped Clinton gain the White House; and in hindsight, I agree. The timing was wrong. But the situation on the ground now is approximately 100 times more dire. We simply can’t afford to throw the next election to the Democrats out of ideological purity.
Has there ever been an election in your lifetime where you didn’t think the nation depended on the outcome so much, that you thought backing disgusting people on our side wasn’t necessary?
Look where that ideology, no matter how logical, has gotten us.
Now all we get are leftists, on BOTH sides.
Until a group of people stand up and state emphatically, I will only support people with wholesome ideals, we will never get them.
We are defeating ourselves, because they know we’ll settle.
I’m not saying this in anger. I honestly understand where you are coming from. At some point, we either take a stand or we watch this nation destroyed with our help.
Isn’t that the only conclusion of electing either an Obama OR a McCain to office? In your heart, you know damn well it is.
BTW: I knew the response was short and what that probably meant. No problem. Later...