Ken Fortenberry wrote:
wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
wrote:
- The Democrats are just as bad as the Republicans.
No, not even close.
Don't tell me there's no difference between Republicans and
Democrats.
You conveniently skipped over the main thrust of
the post which was that advocating blindly voting by
party is moronic.
There's nothing "blind" about voting straight Democrat or
advocating that others do the same.
BULL! This is the same mindset that got us here in the
first place.
The time to pursue your
pet issues and search for the "best" candidate is in the
primaries.
Double BULL! The primaries are most of the problem.
If primaries were open to all voters you might stand a
chance of getting a reasonable candidate. By limiting
voting to only your own party the resulting candidates
are pulled towards the fringe. We wind up with the
looney left and the radical right fighting for who are
the bigger idiots.
I don't like it, I wish
it were different, but that's reality and it's moronic to
deny it. If you vote Green or Libertarian or Independent or
Socialist or Communist you're just throwing away your franchise
in a stupid, meaningless, futile fit of pique. Election Day is
not the day to have your head up your ass, it's the day you
suck it up, go to the polls, face reality, hold your nose and
vote Democrat.
Not gonna fly. I'm not above sending a message...and
may have done so with my US House votes, but I'm
not voting a straight ticket in all races. IMHO anyone who
dislikes the status quo should always vote for the best
candidate.
- Ken