On Thu 2037-Mar-26 10:27, JOHN FITZGERALD (1:123/140) wrote to RICHARD WEBB:

-> THat's one approach.  Mine is to vote for the candidate or
-> party which comes closest to espousing my philosophy.  That
-> also means oftentimes I'm voting for not more of the same,
-> bought and paid for by the big money interests.
-> THis time I broke with my usual philosophy of voting my
-> conscience and beliefs, and voted major party, because I
-> knew voting as I normally would provided only one outcome,
-> especially if other folks who don't vote major parties did
-> as I did.  I would venture a guess that some third party
-> voters did as I did this time, and chose the lesser of two
-> evils.

JF>    Correct.  I am not about to waste my vote on someone I know has
JF> little support so I will make 'make use' of my vote to fight the one
JF> I oppose  the most.  Let the ideological idiots throw theirs away if
JF> they have some  other 'issue' that is more important to them.

DOn't know how ideological I am, but I believe in the
principles on which our country was founded, liberty.  THat
means my government can stay out of my bedroom and out of my life for the
most part.  I truly believe both major parties
are bought and paid for by those whose interest is not
liberty.

I will vote my convictions most times, as I truly believe
that to go down the road toward more repression in the name
of big oil or other interests does not serve us well.  IF we throw away
those principles of liberty for the department
of homeland security and less freedom then I root for the
revolution!  IF those are the principles of the new united
states, then let it fall, and let it fall hard.  LEt the
blood run in the streets.  I would not have my grandson lay
down his life to defend one Saudi Arabian.
I"ll vote my convictions at the ballot box most times,
because I'd rather see education than ignorance, liberty
than repression.  I"m not going to be the next guy taking up a
position in a sniper's nest, but I"ll vote my convictions
at the polling place.  BOth major parties are so busy
kissing the assses of the big money interests that there
isn't a one of them could come up with an independent
thought if you gave them until the end of the next decade.
FOr all MR. Obama's "change you can believe in" my answer is that
I"ll believe it when I see it.  Then again, if I"m
handing my self determination to the do gooders and the
social services types and the manipulators maybe I"m not
that interested in so-called change.

NOte the quote below, which reads:

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
--- Benjamin Franklin, NOvember 1755 from the
 Historical review of Pennsylvania


And, if we would give up liberty for the sake of the monied
interests, then let the United STates fall, and let the
political leaders who would sell us out reap what they've
sown.

Regards,
           Richard
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