You sound like a Democrat. Voting outside the two-party candidates is not "throwing your vote away".Maybe they just really don't like Kerry and what he stands for.If I was forced to chose between Nader and Gore back in 2000 the choice would be easy.Look. If I thought that my words here would persuade even a single Nader voter to switch his/her vote to Kerry, I wouldn't be posting them. But I assume I'm among friends here. I assume that the number of Nader voters actually reading FR, and then actually seeing my post, and then actually being persuaded by it is exactly zero. I think that's a safe assumption.
Given the fact that the people reading these words are either Bush voters, Libertarians or DUers (casing out the opposition) I don't think I'm harming Bush by pointing out the obvious:
Nader voters have a lot more in common with Kerry voters than they do with Bush voters. They are absolute ignoramuses if they ignore what happened in 2000 and vote for nimrod Nader again.
And I apply that same thinking to Libertarians (who I assume have more in common with Bush voters than with Kerry voters): It's stupid to throw your vote away.
Spin it any way you want, but this election is an important one and it's down to two candidates. The only other choices are different brands of garbage cans.
So I repeat, I cannot imagine what goes on in the "brains" of someone voting 3rd party this year.