People should make whatever decisions they have to make, but in the process, don't sherug off what the effect of those decisions will be.
Read Arch-Conservatives posts on this thread, including the quote I posted.
That's just the simple truth.
Third-party voters on the conservative side amounted to about 1.5% all told.
How long do you think that it will be before a third-party candidate gathers enough support to make a run at the White House?
Let's imagine, wildly imagine at that, that a third party can increase their votes 10% with every election.
2004--10% of conservatives vote third Party, Liberals win the WH.
2008--20% vote third party, Liberals win the White House.
2012--30% vote third Part, Liberals win the White House.
2016--The conservative vote is split 50-50, Liberals win the White House.
2020--60% vote third party, Liberals win the White House.
2024--70% vote third Party, Liberals win the White House.
2030--80% vote third party, Liberals win the White House.
2034--do you think that after all those years with Liberals in the White House, we'll still have free elections in 2034?
We have a liberal in the White House now.
Eight years of liberal Clinton, eight years of liberal Bush,
and eight years of liberal whoever, Democrat or Republican, who wins in 2008.
Do you really think that we'll ever have a conservative President,
when we're only given liberals to chose from?
The only way off that merry-go-round is to vote outside of the major parties.
If you vote Republican no matter who they give you,
they have no reason to change.