Why? Because they are not! I’m going to vote for Romney for my own reasons. You can legitimately accuse me of supporting Romney in that regard. But if some doesn’t vote for Obama or Romney, you cannot legitimately accuse them of supporting Obama. There vote will not defeat Obama, but it certainly is not supporting Obama. Stop making that specious accusation, it has the effect of insulting people who are your fellow freepers, at least for now your fellow freepers.
I don’t think you’re looking at it correctly:
- If you cast one vote for Romney, Obama needs two votes to win.
- If you stay home, Obama needs only one vote to win.
Of course, if you live in NY or CA, it won’t matter a bit whom you vote for. But in other states where it can be close (say, Florida in 2000), to say a non-vote for Romney does not help Obama, is not correct.