Is This REALLY What You All Want?

[Rockntractor]

There is also the choice to not support either of them.

I can't stomach the idea of voting for Obama or Romney so neither of them will get my vote or support. I will not be coerced into supporting something I disagree with because of fear. If the power structure wants to force a false choice upon me, well they have the power to do that, but I will not dignify or validate their empty gesture.

Good for you, I hope all progressives get stoned and don't vote!

[txradioguy]

Good for you, I hope all progressives get stoned and don't vote!

Libs like Wee Wee need to vote the first Wednesday of November.

The rest of us can vote the first Tuesday.

[Odysseus]

If Obama is a socialists, why are socialists constantly criticizing him and not voting for him?

Spoiler alert:


He's nothing of a socialist, not even close,.

Wanna bet? The CPUSA endorsed him, and even ran an article against being overly critical of him:

...The CPUSA has pushed the vote for Democratic candidates, not because we have the illusion that they will bring us socialism, nor because we have actually given up on socialism, but because socialism is not an immediately achievable goal and voting for the Democrats is likely to produce a better situation from which to push the struggle forward, eventually putting socialism on the agenda.
http://www.cpusa.org/convention-disc...icizing-obama/

And, of course, they endorsed his reelection. Obama paves the way to socialism, according to those who think that this is a good idea.

There is also the choice to not support either of them.

I can't stomach the idea of voting for Obama or Romney so neither of them will get my vote or support. I will not be coerced into supporting something I disagree with because of fear. If the power structure wants to force a false choice upon me, well they have the power to do that, but I will not dignify or validate their empty gesture.

Good. Stay home and avoid voting.

[Janice]

There is also the choice to not support either of them.

I can't stomach the idea of voting for Obama or Romney so neither of them will get my vote or support.

Wei Wu Wei and mike128 are now officially on the same page?

Who knew?

[Odysseus]

Wei Wu Wei and mike128 are now officially on the same page?

Who knew?

Pretty much everybody.

[m00]

Good for you, I hope all progressives get stoned and don't vote!

Really? Then why do I keep hearing on this board that not voting is a vote for Obama.

[Rockntractor]

Really? Then why do I keep hearing on this board that not voting is a vote for Obama.

He is a liberal and wouldn't be voting for a Republican.

[Rockntractor]

Wei Wu Wei and mike128 are now officially on the same page?

Who knew?

And m00 is looking for the book.

[Retread]

Really? Then why do I keep hearing on this board that not voting is a vote for Obama.

Because you have selective hearing…..

[m00]

He is a liberal and wouldn't be voting for a Republican.

The premise only holds up if one believes a given political party is "owed" a person's vote. As in, someone is a conservative so Republicans are owed his vote... so voting 3rd party is a vote for Democrats. But if someone is a liberal than Democrats are owed his vote, so if he votes for exactly the same 3rd party as the conservative in the previous sentence, this time it's a vote for Republicans.

I find this whole concept to be offensive, because it's an entitlement argument. The given party is entitled to your vote. Entitlement of any sort just happens to really offend me on some basic level.