At 11:01 AM 9/22/2008, Rev. Bob wrote:
You need to factor the Electoral College into your calculations. I
live in a state that I already know will go to McCain in November -
it's just not in doubt. ...
Of the three, I would choose Barr, then Obama, then McCain. As it
does not matter how I vote, because my state is going to McCain, why
shouldn't I vote for Barr?
Good point.
A former colleague of mine lived two counties over in a very
Republican district, despite being mostly a Democrat. His solution:
register for the primaries as a Republican, so at least he had some
input to the process.
Even a vote "against" a major party candidate "for" another major
party candidate simply tells them both that you support what they
are collectively doing. Red or blue, they are all spending us into
oblivion. The Democrats just have the decency to steal the money up
front, while the Republicans have just been mortgaging our future by borrowing.
Well . . . sort of. At the same time the roads in New Jersey are
turning to third-world quality, because there's supposedly no money
to fix the potholes that develop a year or two after paving that
obviously wasn't done very well, and in the meantime the state is
carrying huge debt payments.
I think we could conclude this thread with the thought: Isn't it
nice how intelligent people holding different viewpoints can discuss
them in a rational fashion? Rather than the hysteria from our
so-called news media?
-Harlan