Topic: Presidential Campaign 2008
Voting For A Loser? Vote Ron Paul, NOT John McCain This election really stinks! If you're going to vote for a loser anyway, why not at least vote for a good loser? Now that Huck is history, why not lose with Ron Paul, and at least spare your conscience?by creator
(libertarian)
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Did you hear about the best reason to use a voting machine? BA-DA-BING! It's so you can vote one-handed while you hold your nose with the other! BA-DA-BOOM!
Mike Huckabee is gone, leaving.... let's see now... right! It's Ron Paul, John McCain, and... Mom? Well, there's no accounting for family! You've gotta love 'em, but at times they can be very exasperating, especially once they've passed a certain age! Like little children, they may just be inclined to say what they're really thinking!
John McCain has to be pretty annoyed over his mother's recent remarks. He was confronted by Chris Wallace of FOX News with what Roberta McCain said in this C-SPAN interview [watch from about the 15:35 time tick.]
In answer to the question "How much support do you think he [McCain] has among the base of the Republican Party?" she replies "I don't think he has any." Not ANY? Thanks, Mom, for stating the obvious! McCain's mother went on to say that voters would "have to take" McCain while "holding their nose," saying this while holding her own nose. Mom, HAVE to take me? What do you mean, Mom? So much for family loyalty!
Just last Sunday at church a fellow parishioner who knows of my strong support for Ron Paul walked up to me and, responding to Roberta McCain's remarks, said "I guess I'll be holding my nose and voting for McCain."
How about you? Will you be voting with one hand while holding your nose with the other? Well, here's my take on that: if you know the guy you're going to vote for is going to lose anyway, why pretend that you're "trying to beat Hillary?" Why not at least vote for a good loser? How about voting for someone who doesn't, metaphorically speaking, stink?
Now, mind you, I gave up voting for the "lesser of evils" long ago - and so I will never again have the moral problem of "holding my nose" and voting for someone I despise! However, what about you folks out there, who like my friend from church have become conditioned to "vote Republican" or in some other way are stuck on the dead-end "party politics train?" You know McCain hasn't got a prayer against either Hillary or Obama in a general election, so WHY VOTE FOR HIM?
Let's see now... if you're thinking of voting for McCain at all, you are probably already someone who's said -- to yourself and maybe to others -- "Ron Paul can't win." So, why not consider this equation?:
If those statements are accepted facts, equivalent propositions, why not vote for the guy who -- although he "can't win" -- will at least leave you with a clear conscience about your vote? Just write him in if you have to! And then when Hillobamary becomes President, you'll still be able to honestly say "I voted Republican" or "At least I didn't vote for it!"
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I have never voted for the lesser of the two evils, I just don't vote, but now I will vote for Ron Paul even if I have to write him in. I will encourage people to do the same, I have even heard some will vote for the democrat nominee just to take votes away from McCain. People make voting so complicated, it is unfortunate that each candidate isn't weighed against the Constitution or their voting record, if that were the case Ron Paul would be our next President.
I'm with Marcel. I've never registered to vote, never voted, and in fact, never trusted a candidate enough to care to vote...until this year. Ron Paul is a great candidate. The problem lies with our decietful media. They are not journalists, but instead excel in the business of marketing, advertising, and propaganda. Money is their God but not mine. I will be voting for Ron Paul no matter what.
This really speaks to the heart of voting. A friend of mine and I were talking last night about the usual choice between the lesser of two evils (those dag~nab evil twins). This year we have worse and far worse.
Although I share the sentiment of writing in Dr. Paul instead of McCain I'll wait to join that effort. It is high time to scour the landscape and see if there are any worthy third-party or Independent candidates that will be joining the march. IMHO a vote cast in this manner sends a more trackable signal than any write in. I haven't voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1984, and to clarify a bit, I've never voted for a Democratic one (not that I wouldn't if they earned it). If no sound alternative candidate is to be found I will write Dr. Paul down however.
Thanks for a smile, thumbs way up and socially bookmarked as well!
I never thought I could do anything to change the shabby state of the politics of our government...until now. Even if Ron Paul doesn't win I feel I will have done what I could to save this country for my kids future and mine. I just hope he wins, and if he doesn't, that it will spark enough thought in poeple , to carry on what he has begun. Thumbs up to Ron Paul!!!!!
I still beleive if he wasn't "TOTALLY" censored by the media, there is absolutely no way Ron could lose.
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