I hear on an almost daily basis that a vote for a third party is a vote for Obama. I’ve read posts on this forum saying this, I’ve heard it from every conservative talk radio host, I’ve heard from political pundits, and I’ve heard in person from others who do not like Obama. The common theme amongst people making this statement is that they don’t like either candidate but they dislike Romney slightly less. I’m inclined to agree but here’s my problem. Romney is a big government R, Obama is a big government socialist. Everyone says Obama is driving us straight off a cliff into socialism and Romney will drive us toward a slightly different cliff and maybe not as rapidly. Logically everyone should be terrified and vote for Romney. Where I differ from many people is that I think the congress is better suited to defend against Obama’s garbage than they are against Romney’s. My point, R’s in congress are not going to vote for Obama’s socialism, they’ve already proven that. They stand in the way of everything he tries to do. The R’s won’t do this with Romney and I speculate that the D’s would be willing to work with Romney on a larger scale than the R’s working with Obama. Since we already know that one of these guys is going to president, I sincerely hope no matter who it is remains a lame duck. But that’s a sidebar.
I will not be voting for either of them. Wait, that means I’m voting for Obama right? I should just go and “put on my team Obama shirt” cause everyone on the radio/tv/forums wisely states I’m now voting for Obama? Why can’t I turn around and say with the exact same logic that a vote for an independent or third party is a vote for Romney? Everyone treats this concept like it’s gospel and it’s not, it’s not even logical. Not voting for Romney and also not voting for Obama is a net zero for both with respect to each other. A vote for a third party or independent is exactly that. If an independent is ever going to be a viable option it has to start somewhere and since we only get to do this thing once every 4 years it needs to start like yesterday.
That’s mostly it, I get sick of hearing people agree that we need more than two parties but this is not the election to worry about that, this one is too pivotal….spare me. Please, why is it that the people saying this are the older generation who have been supporting the two party system for their whole life? Every election is too pivotal. If these same people had starting voting on principal 20 or 30 years ago when they were my age then we might actually have more than a 2 party system where both parties are trying to kill off liberty and grow the government. In 20 or 30 years when we still have a 2 party system and have the same problems except worse and even more “pivotal”, it won’t be because I blindly voted for an R instead of a D my whole life.
I will not be voting for either of them. Wait, that means I’m voting for Obama right? I should just go and “put on my team Obama shirt” cause everyone on the radio/tv/forums wisely states I’m now voting for Obama? Why can’t I turn around and say with the exact same logic that a vote for an independent or third party is a vote for Romney? Everyone treats this concept like it’s gospel and it’s not, it’s not even logical. Not voting for Romney and also not voting for Obama is a net zero for both with respect to each other. A vote for a third party or independent is exactly that. If an independent is ever going to be a viable option it has to start somewhere and since we only get to do this thing once every 4 years it needs to start like yesterday.
That’s mostly it, I get sick of hearing people agree that we need more than two parties but this is not the election to worry about that, this one is too pivotal….spare me. Please, why is it that the people saying this are the older generation who have been supporting the two party system for their whole life? Every election is too pivotal. If these same people had starting voting on principal 20 or 30 years ago when they were my age then we might actually have more than a 2 party system where both parties are trying to kill off liberty and grow the government. In 20 or 30 years when we still have a 2 party system and have the same problems except worse and even more “pivotal”, it won’t be because I blindly voted for an R instead of a D my whole life.