Whether they, or YOU like it or not, this nation was NOT set up as a parlimantary type of government. Fringers only has sway in a parlimentary government. Ergo, staying home / voting for a lost cause, insures that GOPers ( or in the case of Nader, the Dems ) lose needed votes.If I am oh so wrong ( which I am NOT ! ) , pray tell me, what did votes for Harry Browne, get the Libertarians, when President Bush was elected ? NOTHING ; that's what !
Granted, some people will never learn, no matter how often the message is repeated.
"Fringers only has sway in a parlimentary government. "
Slade Gorton might disagree with that.
"Ergo, staying home / voting for a lost cause, insures that GOPers ( or in the case of Nader, the Dems ) lose needed votes."
You say that like it's a bad thing.
It's a game of chicken. The group with the bigger pair wins -- the group that blinks first loses. Thin margins of victory make for large leverage of the "fringe".