Now that is downright silly. It may be true if a person does not vote because he just doesn't bother to vote any election, then gripes about what is going on.
However, to go out and vote for someone whom you believe is unacceptable, is supposed to then give you a right to gripe, is absurd.
Do you see that if you then b*tch, you will be told "well, you voted for him".
Thats what happens when you hold your nose and abandon principle over and over.
Sometimes it is hard, and a risk to stand up and say "no more". It took me years to learn to stand up for what I felt was right in some personal matters.
When I finally did, I got results. No more falling back on "I gotta right to B*tch" philosophy. When I decided not to cross over that line in the sand, I found out that for once, I got my way
For the record, if Duncan Hunter is still on the ballot he’ll probably get my vote. I don’t have to hold my nose to vote YES for him.
As to voting, I take the right and privilege very seriously. My grandfather was a paratrooper in WWII and when I vote, I think of him and all the others who fought on our behalf. To me, NOT voting, even if it’s a “hold-your-nose-vote” is a slap in the face of their sacrifices.
If someone else I know is whining about our next president and they didn’t vote, I can tell them to shut up. They didn’t earn that right.