[clue-talk] McCain suggests raiding Colorado's water

[Angelo Bertolli]

Collins Richey wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 5:42 AM, Richard Knechtel
> <richard.knechtel at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Well, Ross Perot is good at Pie and Bar graph charts that's all I had seen
>> he was good with. I remember back when a third party candidate actually got
>> to be in the debates. All Perot did was flash charts and graphs, he wasn't
>> saying anything we didn't already know - just like all the other candidates.
>> None of them offered solutions...
>>     
>
> Certainly, but his graphs and pie charts drew enough votes to elect
> Clinton. My point is that any 3rd party candidate can only skew the
> election results in favor of one of the major candidates. You could
> say that Ralph Nader elected George Bush.
>   

I have to speak out against this philosophy.

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.  People should be taught to vote for 
who they want instead of told that "a vote for X is a vote for Y."  
Sorry, but that's only true because the two parties have convinced 
everyone of that.  A vote for Ron Paul is a vote for Ron Paul, period.  
So if you like Ron Paul and think he would be the best president, you 
should vote for him.  Same goes for Nader.

But everyone is so afraid of "throwing away" their votes that of course 
those of us who actually have the courage to do something different 
never get a chance.  Just vote for who you want, ok?  At least if your 
"second best" party loses, it'll make them take your issues more 
seriously next time.

Angelo