2012: My vote didn't help Romney any more than yours did. Do you really think that the ones pulling the strings were going to allow the first black president to lose reelection?
2014: My vote didn't stop Boner and, now Ryan, from giving it all away any more than yours did.
Conclusion: voting, in the age of e-ballots, big money donors and the military-industrial complex, is a waste of time. When you vote, you do next to nothing and enjoy the illusion of having done something big and important. When you vote, you give your consent to the winner, regardless of which way you vote. If I decide to stay home on election day in November 2016 I will not be giving my consent to whoever is elected and therefore will not be obligated to consent to their unconstitutional laws, decrees, acts, etc.
You want to send shockwaves through Washington DC and the world? Everybody stay home. Then it would be a bunch of crooked, corrupt politicians voting for themselves and they would have absolutely no credible reason to remain in or take office.
The truth hurts but the sooner you embrace it the sooner the healing can begin.
"The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting."---Charles Bukowski
"In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant."---Charles de Gaulle
"The government is mainly an expensive organization to regulate evildoers and tax those who behave; government does little for fairly respectable people except annoy them."---E.W. Howe
Your answer seems to be staying at home. Mine is to keep primarying the bad reps both in the House and Senate and hope we get a potus that will one day back us up.Is it easy?hell no. Is it a straight a up process? Never. But I don’t quit. Just keep plodding on.I have a guilty conscience for leaving my kids with such a mess.
For me Trump offers the best chance to do just that we need in some time.Of course opinons vary.