XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.home.repair, talk.politics.guns   
   From: esp@snet.xxx   
      
   On 6/29/2024 1:24 PM, J Carlson wrote:   
   > On 6/29/2024 10:15 AM, Ed P wrote:   
   >> On 6/29/2024 12:50 PM, J Carlson wrote:   
   >>> On 6/29/2024 7:03 AM, Ed P wrote:   
   >>>> On 6/29/2024 9:51 AM, Ralph Mowery wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> After that in the main election I vote for the party I think meets my   
   >>>>> ideals.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That is why I've always been independent.  Both parties suck   
   >>>   
   >>> Well, goody for you. You still are typically going to have to choose   
   >>> between a Democrat and a Republiscum/QAnon in most races. But now you   
   >>> have no say in who the parties' candidates will be.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Yeah, neither would be my first choice but would my one vote make a   
   >> difference in this race?   
   >   
   > No one vote *ever* decides a race   
   >   
   >   
   >> They both suck so I'll vote the lesser of two evils.   
   >   
   > Both major parties do suck, and they suck worse today that they did in   
   > the past. But only one party is dedicated to authoritarianism and   
   > destroying the rule of law and the very notion of constitutional   
   > governance. That's the Republiscum/QAnon party.   
   >   
   > As a committed small-"l' libertarian, I always vote for the Libertarian   
   > candidate as a matter of principle, and where I live, there are   
   > virtually always Libertarian candidates on the ballot for all major   
   > offices. It is my contention that a person claiming to be principled and   
   > moral *cannot* vote for a Republiscum/QAnon, as they are the party of   
   > insurrection and general lawlessness.   
      
   Forgot to mention, some state have open primaries.  Choose your ballot   
   at the polling place, but only one.   
      
   You say one vote matters, but when you vote third part in this country,   
   you are just taking away from one, not helping the other.  We really do   
   need a good sensible third arty.   
      
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