I voted for Perot along with 19% of Americans.
Wasn't the result of that vote a fun ride?
Go ahead, take your ball and go home.
It is not easy maintaining a decent Republic when the best players refuse to participate in the process.
Third party is a part of the process - a tool to keep the first two parties in line.
I will write in a conservative on the ballot.
I also have the advantage of having lent a certain president, then govenor, a plane trip or two, and many, many trips to staffers.
The RNC will come calling for favors in the general election, as they do.
I will tell them to f@ck themselves.
“It is not easy maintaining a decent Republic when the best players refuse to participate in the process.”
It’s not easy maintaining a Republic when people are willing to compromise their beliefs just so they can participate in the process.
I am never ashamed about who I vote for. But I take time to KNOW exactly WHO I am voting for.
Let's see...if my rear view mirror is working correctly...you could have voted for Perot along with 19% of Americans...or you could have voted for Bush along with 37.4% of Americans...either way, you voted (or would have voted) for a losing candidate.
As it turned out, the 37.4% of George the pre-W. Bush voters did take their ball & go home. And I would say that all voters participated in the process, thank you.
One of the biggest political myths around is that if you vote for the second-place loser, you've somehow done this great & noble thing...but if you vote for the third-place loser...or somewhere else further down the line, why, what a terrible voter you are! Sorry to have to break the news to you...but a vote for a losing candidate is a vote for a losing candidate...
If you do a straight-across bet re: the Super Bowl winner (& margin of victory doesn't effect the bet payoff), it wouldn't matter if the Giants lost in OT to the Pats or if they got blone out (other than for entertainment & sponsor preferences). A Super Bowl loser is still a Super Bowl loser.