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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 81366" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Scratch King,</p><p>I understand your "voting for the lesser of 2 evils" as I think many Americans are very much like you. There are numerous so-called 3rd parties out there and quite frankly none have a chance but sometimes what you have to do is vote the idea rather than the person with the goal of getting 5 to 10% to vote the idea also. That 5 to 10% will first off in our highly divided political evironment today keep someone from a clear majority victory. It also will capture media attention and maybe, just maybe the idea itself get out to more people. Being from Georgia you may remember it was a libertarian Senate candidate that stripped away enough votes in a federal Senate race to where nether Republican or Democrat carried a clear majority and it was the libertarian endorsement of the late Sen. Paul Coverdell in the runoff that allowed Coverdell to beat entrenched Wyche Fowler for the Senate job. As an aside Wyche should have been made Baseball Commissioner as he's a fair man and a great baseball man too! </p><p> </p><p>You might find an idea you like and then go for it. You can also do what I did last election and write in "None of the Above". I've actually done this more than once in the last 30 years and after the last election I wrote several letters to not only Congress members but also Federal and State Election officials. Just a few weeks ago my 2 daughters who are musicians performed down at the State Capitol and while I was down there with some time to kill I paid a visit to the Sec. of State's office who oversees the elective process in the State and had a very nice conversation with an official in that office. She was aware of my letter and she admitted she hadn't responded because she had to only say no but her reason surprised me. She admitted after some thought that the real reason for saying no to this idea is that if it was on the ballot it's likely that in some if not many elective races that "None of the Above" would get the majority of votes and therefore the entire process would be threatened. The irony that I told her I saw was our 2 perspectives. She saw that as a threat whereas I saw that as a good thing that would not only send a message to the powers that be but open a huge door of public debate on just what a good elected official is and what we think they should be. </p><p> </p><p>Below is an op-ed piece I'll throw at you not to present libertarianism as an alternative but the author does a comparison of the republicans and democrats on several issues. I just come away from it with the idea there really is no difference between the 2 at the end of the day. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory109.html" target="_blank">http://www.lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory109.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Take care and good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 81366, member: 2189"] Scratch King, I understand your "voting for the lesser of 2 evils" as I think many Americans are very much like you. There are numerous so-called 3rd parties out there and quite frankly none have a chance but sometimes what you have to do is vote the idea rather than the person with the goal of getting 5 to 10% to vote the idea also. That 5 to 10% will first off in our highly divided political evironment today keep someone from a clear majority victory. It also will capture media attention and maybe, just maybe the idea itself get out to more people. Being from Georgia you may remember it was a libertarian Senate candidate that stripped away enough votes in a federal Senate race to where nether Republican or Democrat carried a clear majority and it was the libertarian endorsement of the late Sen. Paul Coverdell in the runoff that allowed Coverdell to beat entrenched Wyche Fowler for the Senate job. As an aside Wyche should have been made Baseball Commissioner as he's a fair man and a great baseball man too! You might find an idea you like and then go for it. You can also do what I did last election and write in "None of the Above". I've actually done this more than once in the last 30 years and after the last election I wrote several letters to not only Congress members but also Federal and State Election officials. Just a few weeks ago my 2 daughters who are musicians performed down at the State Capitol and while I was down there with some time to kill I paid a visit to the Sec. of State's office who oversees the elective process in the State and had a very nice conversation with an official in that office. She was aware of my letter and she admitted she hadn't responded because she had to only say no but her reason surprised me. She admitted after some thought that the real reason for saying no to this idea is that if it was on the ballot it's likely that in some if not many elective races that "None of the Above" would get the majority of votes and therefore the entire process would be threatened. The irony that I told her I saw was our 2 perspectives. She saw that as a threat whereas I saw that as a good thing that would not only send a message to the powers that be but open a huge door of public debate on just what a good elected official is and what we think they should be. Below is an op-ed piece I'll throw at you not to present libertarianism as an alternative but the author does a comparison of the republicans and democrats on several issues. I just come away from it with the idea there really is no difference between the 2 at the end of the day. [URL="http://www.lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory109.html"]http://www.lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory109.html[/URL] Take care and good luck. [/QUOTE]
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