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MadeInNewJersey said:5 bajillion stars, due to the final statement
Funny thing is, I thought it was you who made that post.
What American political party should I register for?
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Funny thing is, I thought it was you who made that post.
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Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
I guess I have to go on my "it's not throwing your vote away" rant again. 
Giving support is not throwing your vote away, it's doing what you can to make a change and cause a divide in the two party system. Sure, in the grand scheme of things it might be meaningless to vote for your favorite Compressed Air Can Party candidate, but every little bit counts. Complacency is bullshit.
If you simply must be more practical about it, every vote a 3rd party gets gives them more matching funds from the gov't next time around.
Giving support is not throwing your vote away, it's doing what you can to make a change and cause a divide in the two party system. Sure, in the grand scheme of things it might be meaningless to vote for your favorite Compressed Air Can Party candidate, but every little bit counts. Complacency is bullshit.
If you simply must be more practical about it, every vote a 3rd party gets gives them more matching funds from the gov't next time around.
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Captain Beard
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Libertarians bother me too much. Be independent, so you can feel secure in not being pressured.
Edit: I think joining any party is foolish, politicians are politicians, how much they lie and distort doesn't change, you just notice it more when they're the popular party.
Edit: I think joining any party is foolish, politicians are politicians, how much they lie and distort doesn't change, you just notice it more when they're the popular party.
If you don't vote Democrat or Republican, your just wasting your vote. Not that this has to do with voting really. Sorta does. Nemtheanga.
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Honestly, go blow a goat. Thats the argument THEY use. The reason nothing changes is because people seem to keep to that mentality rather then be allowed to vote for who they think is worth it. So what if the candidate you want doesn't win? Why should you vote for the two worst parties in political history?
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Political pressuring is the reason the two party system is en vogue. Either you're a gun worshipping god freak (nothing wrong with guns) in a tux or a tax spitting asshat who's too afraid to speak up to the neo-cons (taxes are good to a point.)
That's how its wrong. They try to make everything black and white so no one can see there are subtle shades in between.
The republicans are stupid, and the dems are too scared to do anything about the issues at hand.
That's how its wrong. They try to make everything black and white so no one can see there are subtle shades in between.
The republicans are stupid, and the dems are too scared to do anything about the issues at hand.
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In the sense so few people are willing to risk a vote on a non-partisan candidate it is a waste. In the sense the more of us do it the more likely there is a chance for reform, it isn't a waste. This might be a case of reality versus idealism, but that's both sides.
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Thats not what i mean at all.
Basicly it breaks down to: If the people that voted for somone other then Democrat/Republican in the Bush election, had voted against Bush, there would have been a much better chance no one would have had to deal with him. Instead, they voted for their small parties which had absolutly NO CHANCE OF WINNING EVER, and now bitch about having Bush as president.
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That's a republican argument. Voting for small parties doesn't have as much effect as claimed. The fact there is "one" independent in Congress shows with enough initiative, the 3rd parties can have a chance. The libertarians (bleh) got so many votes in 2004 that they almost qualified for federal funding.
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Ech. It appears we're wasting each other's time. You're not listening, and it seems you're not going to. I'll go rant at someone who didn't read about US politics from the Cheerios box.
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Haha, what have I said so far that makes you think I don't know anything about Politics? Do you always get upset and resort to personal attacks when somones view is in opposition to yours?
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