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a vote for a 3rd party is simply an adult version of a temper tantrum. it was for Perot in 1992. it was for Nader in 2000.

the problem with any protest vote like those is that in the one-in-a-billion chance that the 3rd party candidate wins, he wouldn’t be able to govern. the House and Senate will still be 100% GOP and ‘RAT. well, 99.8% if you account for Bernie Sanders. both parties will be pissed off. there will be nobody to push the presidential agenda in congress.

so it may feel good to vote for an outsider, but nothing good can come from it.

i’m not saying to hold your nose and vote for a RINO either. i’ve been there, done that, got the t-shirt and the shaft in the process. in fact, i don’t know what the right thing to do will be if it’s The Bitch vs. JEB. this is the problem with politics. it’s always an either/or proposition and that leave no wiggle room when both options are horrific. i don’t have an answer yet. as much as i would want to write in Sarah Palin’s name, that would be a temper tantrum too... a wasted vote in a swing state.

so it may feel good to vote for an outsider, but nothing good can come from it.

Except for increasing your self-esteem and being able to look into a mirror and say that you have integrity and a sense of values. No more holding your nose and vote for the Uniparty.

I would assert that it might not be a wasted vote. Yes, the Dems may win (some would say for certain), but if we simply get more Rino’s, there isn’t much difference between them and the dems.

However, if we can finally kill off the current GOPe by sacrificing this election, then we have the opportunity to rebuild for the next election.

Some feel that this is our last chance, and that might be true, but GOPe have proven they cannot be trusted to turn this thing around anymore. If you truly believe this is our last chance, then you should quite bashing Trump and start putting the squeeze on the GOPe to nix the lame leadership we have and figure out how to use Trump / Cruz / Paul to the benefit of the Country and the party.

As a side note....I also felt just like you, not long ago. However, I’ve voted that way during the past 2 election cycles, and nothing has changed. I refuse to compromise my principles anymore, and just vote for the lesser of two evils. Call me naive, but this is the stand I’ll make.