[Windflier]

Voting for Romney is like crashing into a tree to avoid going off a cliff. At least there’s a chance of surviving.

Keep posting that. It's the most compact, concise evaluation of this election that I've seen.

[chimera]

It's not really a Hobson's Choice, which is a choice between something and nothing (take it or leave it). It's really more of a Morton's Fork (double bind), which is a choice between two equally undesirable outcomes.

On the latter, perhaps we should consider this in a different manner. Try thinking of defeating Obama and as many 'Rats as possible as a desirable outcome in and of itself. I understand that many would rather have avoided the collateral effect of getting a Mitt Romney for President, but that is another battle for another time. We have to repair the breach in the wall before we can consider regrouping and going out in pursuit of the enemy. Throwing out the barbarians who have already breached the gates is the first priority.