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To: cothrige
And there is no doubt that situations arise where one has a better chance of averting the greatest evil by voting for a less than optimal candidate.

The last election was a choice of a quick death or a slow death for our country. I actually believe that our choices were made for us. We were just along for the ride.

I am not going to second guess them for it.

There is right and there is wrong. Only liberals see "nuance".

73 posted on 08/23/2010 6:55:38 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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To: DJ MacWoW
There is right and there is wrong. Only liberals see "nuance".

I can't share this view. There is always right and wrong, but never in perfect shades, and never readily available without decisions. Not in politics anyway. There were many candidates up for President last election, and some of them on the GOP side were rather dubious. Giuliani was pro-abort, and perhaps one or two others, though like Romney some claimed to have changed their position. In the case of somebody arguing for abortion there is probably a pretty clear distinction to work with. But, when faced with whether this one guy's generally conservative position on immigration and very conservative position on taxes is more or less right or wrong than the guy with very conservative position on welfare and generally conservative ideas about affirmative action it is necessarily subjective. Throw in the questions about possible chances of winning, and averting the greater evil, and things can without a doubt get fuzzy. Where something is absolute I can make an absolute judgment, but where things are subjective I am forced to make distinctions and weigh options. If I have to make that decision I can forgive others for making it slightly differently, unless they go completely off the deep end and vote for Kucinech or something.

82 posted on 08/23/2010 7:18:09 PM PDT by cothrige
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