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To: caligatrux
They know we're voting against Obama and his cronies because we hate what they are doing to our country,

There's the problem, full stop.
They are capitalizing on a well-believed lie — there is no such thing as a vote against in our [election] system, only a vote for.

and the GOP is our only legitimate option right now.

No, they aren't; so what if voting Constitution Party, or Libertarian, or American Ammo Party won't win — to call them the only legitimate option is to concede to them that pushing unacceptable candidates [like Romney or McCain] legitimizes that candidate. The election clearly repudiated that: the failure to motivate the Republican's base proves that the GOP stamp doesn't suddenly make the unacceptable electable.

32 posted on 10/29/2014 8:19:37 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark
No, they aren't; so what if voting Constitution Party, or Libertarian, or American Ammo Party won't win — to call them the “only legitimate option” is to concede to them that pushing unacceptable candidates [like Romney or McCain] legitimizes that candidate. The election clearly repudiated that: the failure to motivate the Republican's base proves that the GOP stamp doesn't suddenly make the unacceptable “electable”.

You're right, of course. I was just anticipating the "lesser of two evils" and "not voting GOP is the same as voting Dem" arguments, I guess.

I'm just so f'n sick of this. And so f'n pissed at what they are doing to us and our country.

39 posted on 10/29/2014 8:28:39 AM PDT by caligatrux (They always said that the living would envy the dead.)
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