Imagine who'd win if the Europeans could vote!!
This may be wishful thinking,
Why can't we vote our conscience?
Vote for someone we really believe in?
Sure you could do that if the person you were voting for actually had even a slim chance of winning. Problem is with the 2 party system we have in place, it makes it near impossible. So then you have to decide if your conscience can live with the fact your vote actually helps someone else to get elected. There is no doubt that most of us don't see the candidate they really want in this election. So what I fall back on is "What is my best choice for my country going forward". Unfortunately this time that is John McCain.
Sure you could do that if the person you were voting for actually had even a slim chance of winning. Problem is with the 2 party system we have in place, it makes it near impossible. So then you have to decide if your conscience can live with the fact your vote actually helps someone else to get elected. There is no doubt that most of us don't see the candidate they really want in this election. So what I fall back on is "What is my best choice for my country going forward". Unfortunately this time that is John McCain.
My real point was, if enough people voted for who they really believed in, could we actually get a third party in office??
I am guilty of voting for lesser of evils in the past and really see no difference in the results. I want to see someone who would really represent us! The people who are not the rich, powerful or influential.
A good friend told me once, voting for the lesser of Devils is still voting for the Devil.
I am just afraid that we will soon be voting from the end of our weapon barrels if this trend keeps coming.:do2:
I have seen while in the Guard alot of riot training and civil defense training going on in the past few years. Most of our mockups are in urban settings!!!(someone must know sumthins coming down)
I just wonder how many soldiers will remember their oaths and be on the right side if this should ever happen??
I just hope and pray it never comes to this, The War of Goverment Aggression Part II.
I'm going to hold my nose and vote for McCain.
If you can get a third party contender to be a contender, there would be a lot with you. Maybe, after this election, more eyes will be opened.
For this election though, there are only two contenders, one of which is clearly most favorable to gun rights. A vote for anyone else this time is a vote for the enemy.
I believe voter turnout will be the largest ever on record. No doubt the dead will rise and vote democrat all over the country. I'm no fan of McCain, but a vote for a third party, although it would be the right thing to do, would help Obama. We ended up with Clinton when Perot drew off conservative vote. We all remember the wave of anti-gun legislation that came from that administration. Obama has said publicly that he intends to try and reinstitute the 1994 assault weapons ban and make it permanent. None of us want that, so we'll have to hold our noses, look the other way and vote for McCain. Then, after that, we can go outside of the polling place and throw up.
Unfortunately, McCain is the only choice for gun owners. I do not want to cast my vote for John "Ted Kennedy" McCain but I'm NOT foolish enough to waste my vote on a 3rd party candidate that will insure an Obama victory. I'm also developing a strong political dislike for yuppies