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- jjoeth60
To the Libertarians:
While I don't completely agree with your view of a small government and leaving things up to personal responsibility, I do respect your opinions. My question is this... do you really think a third party would ever be an actual contender for presidency? Has this ever worked anywhere else? I'm asking because I don't know.
My guess is that in an election, one of the three parties will always get stomped down and the majority of votes will still come down to two. I do appreciate your support of a 3rd party candidate in the early stages of the race, because that's the only way they will be heard. But once it does come down to (mostly) two, shouldn't your vote go to the lesser of two evils?
Let me try a little scenario here and you can tell me if it's way off...
Let's say you're absolutely starving... like you haven’t eaten for weeks and you might die if you don’t eat something. You finally come across a place to eat that serves three foods: pizza, tuna, and peanut butter. It’s an easy choice, because you don't like tuna at all, you're extremely allergic to peanut butter, and you love pizza. But by the time you get up to order your pizza, they tell you they're all out. Do you just not eat even though you're starving and you don’t know when you’ll have another chance to eat? No, you have to eat the tuna that you don’t like because the peanut butter could kill you, and so could not eating.
Now, pardon the over-simplification... but most people are saying this is the most important election ever. Can we really afford to “not eat” by casting a vote for a third party or by not voting? You may not like the tuna right now (Obama), but seriously... the peanut butter (a potential President Palin) could fucking kill us.
- that's a great analogyBonSeff
- Well said, I agree completely!ukit
- wait for tommyo... the libertarian to show up, he'll figure it out!!!DrBombay
- the only thing on the inds of libertarians is taxes, that is it. there really is no issue besides taxes.DrBombay
- i dont know what the fuck you just said, but i am starving!********
- DcOctopus, if you think that all that Libertarians want is less taxes you should pick up a book.tommyo
- Where are the taxes in this statement again? He makes a damn good point.NONEIS