Monday, August 25, 2008

Why we should not vote for the major party candidates

Carolyn Baker at Vermont Commons sees no real choice in this election. In fact she finds it downright immoral to participate. Her analysis is harsh, but correct.

A virtual buckeye to Carolyn Baker.

4 comments:

Ben said...

In theory, maybe.

But when other people are out voting for major parties, dont you feel like your vote is going to waste, harold?

Harold Thomas said...

Ben:

I feel that when I vote for a major party candidate that my vote is still going to waste, for the reason Carolyn Baker describes.

It's not an easy position to take; but if you are voting for the lesser of two evils, you're still voting for an evil.

Harold

Matthew Cember said...

On sunday I was visited by two young ladies who wanted to solicit my vote for Barack Obama. I cordially invited them an and we spoke for about fifteen minutes about the "situation". I wish I could say that I had been as eloquent as Ms. Baker, but I did convey my distrust of the bizarre "election sports" playing themselves out on every TV and radio station with a broadcast license. She conceded (and seems to accept as given) that America was a "two-party" system and I asked her why she thought that was. She replied that it was because the public has not yet come to accept that a multiple-party system is possible but that one day they might. I politely directed her attention to the staggering sums of money involved and suggested that that might have something to do with it.
Her rebuttal was that a vote NOT cast for Mr. Obama means that McCain is one vote closer to being Commander in Chief of the Empire - which I admit is a terrifying specter in its own right - but this only outlines the basic flaws inherent in the federal voting systems. I had a poster on the wall stating that "You can count your options on one finger (meaning the middle one): You only choice is their vote, but their vote is no choice." I pulled it off the wall and gave it to them as they left.
I did let her know that I was a secessionist and therefore casting any vote for president of the Federal empire would be disingenuous. I could tell from the looks they gave me that it was the first time they had heard such talk locally. I pray it will not be the last.

Harold Thomas said...

"Ohio secessionism arrives in Cleveland..."

Great story, Matt!