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

[Richard Knechtel]

Well Put!

Personally I think everyone should vote for Third parties (your choice) this
year as a "were tired of the same old BS in washington" vote.

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Angelo Bertolli <angelo at freeshell.org>wrote:

> 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
>
>
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