[VRWC For Truth]

The Gelding Old Party moves further left every 4 years, and they get less votes each time. Somehow it’s always the Conservative’s fault they lose. It’s akin to the ‘Rats blaming Bush for all their problems.

[OneWingedShark]

The Gelding Old Party moves further left every 4 years, and they get less votes each time. Somehow it’s always the Conservative’s fault they lose. It’s akin to the ‘Rats blaming Bush for all their problems.

You know; I've noticed that too -- and I'm only 30.
Last cycle I held my nose and voted for McCain, but I promised that I wouldn't "hold my nose" for another candidate. I am so glad I didn't; it's liberating not to be chained to the "vote against Y"/"X is better than Y" argument -- I don't want to vote against somebody, I want to vote for somebody — the difference is amazing, there's no rationalizing involved I simply voted for the guy I thought best (Gary Johnson; my state's former gov).

It also really helped that I saw Romney/Obama as a false dilemma; i.e.:

Or, as one guy put it in a list of 40 major common points: