* Reply to msg originally in Firearms
 -=> Quoting Earnest Padgette to All on 14 Aug 96  21:34 <=-
 Re: Browne or Dole? 
 EP> Okay, time for some member input. *IF* you accept that (1)
 EP> Dole cannot win without gunowner support, and (2) If we vote for
 EP> Browne, we're going to get Clinton; then the question becomes a little
 EP> clearer. "Are we going to trash Dole for not being loyal, or are we
 EP> going to trash Clinton for being an enemy?"
 EP> If ever there was a time to "waste" our vote to make a
 EP> statement, this may well be it. This may be the time to show the
 EP> Republicans we *do* have somewhere else to go. Of course, that's how
 EP> we got Clinton in the first place.
 EP> I can tell you VSSA is going to put a lot more effort into the
 EP> congressional elections than the presidential race. And at this time,
 EP> *I* won't endorse Dole. So.... who's ready to vote?
You know my vote. If you need to re-read my arguments, see my post today 
to Lyle Knox on "Libertarian? or Republica". Since voting for either 
major candidate is wasted, voting for Browne is no worse. If Clinton is 
re-elected - well, we've held off the well-meaning Democratic liberals 
before. Could we hold off a Republican? That I don't know.
I agree that Congress must be our first priority though. We have 
effectively won our local race already - the local Democratic candidate 
won his primary because of us - so I can worry about other things for 
now. Presumably you don't have that luxury. :-P
Steve
... Welcome to the U.S.A. - United Socialists of America, est. 1995
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