The bottom line, however, is that your way of thinking is doomed to fail. I happen to think it's just a convenient excuse to be a victim, to blame problems on other people's action instead of your own inaction. It's easy to not vote. It's the lazy man's way, the convenient way. It's more challenging, more rewarding in the end to work for what you want. And you may as well realize that nobody gets everything they want in a democracy, when people of various backgrounds and beliefs have a vote that counts just as much as yours. Not voting doesn't count as work, or even a form of protest, unless you organize and actively recruit other people to boycott.
Patrick Henry wasn't a passive victim. Patrick Henry did something for this country. You're not doing anything, so don't insult the memory of Patrick Henry by identifying your cause with his.
Pardon me for intruding, but do you really think Dolt has enough backbone to make any difference on those more controversial issues? As an eigth generation North Carolinian, I wouldn't vote for her even if she were the only Repub excuse running and I AM A REPUBLICAN because this party more closely represents those ideals I hold dear as a Christian. If Helms endorses her just because she holds a pink elephant, he will prove to me that it IS time for him to retire for becoming soft on principle. The reason I say "pink" is because Dolt has no true Republican color. North Carolina, nor America can no longer afford our represenatives' inability to take a stance and let the chips fall where they will...
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