Third parties may see record numbers this fall. Either that or voter turnout isn't going to exactly be stellar.
Not voting isn't an option for me. I will never, EVER, vote Dem though.
The justification for voting for Republicans who are more liberal, (and no, I don't buy this "act just like Democrats" nonsense because most of them aren't out to impeach Bush, defund the war or to filibuster Bush's judges much less to embolden our enemies by using national security and the war in Iraq as a tool to divide the nation. Other than Lincoln Chafee, even the most liberal of Republicans are more responsible and reasonable people than most Democratic Congresspeople) is that their seat at least represents one more seat towards maintaining control of Congress and its agenda, as well as keeping Piglosi out of the Speaker's Chair, Rangel out of the chairmanship of Ways and Means, Barney Frank out of the chairmanship of Banking, John Conyers out of the chairmanship of the judiciary committee. You REALLY need to consider this fact when making the absurd claim that it really doesn't matter who controls Congress or that voting for even liberal Republicans make no difference. It will make a HUGE difference in terms of who controls the committees and thus the Congressional agenda. And voting Third Party is a TOTAL waste. Why not just vote Democrat in that case? It does absolutely no good and in fact does a lot of harm.
If we were not in a time of such grave national danger and our political enemies not so extreme and the agenda they're pursuing so far to the left (again, it is so far out as to make even more nonsensical your claim that even the most liberal Republicans act "just like them) then we could afford such careless political promiscuity. But the stakes are WAY to high for the nation in this election to go pursue some third party fantasy.