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In reply to the discussion: "If You Don't Want to be Reminded of an Unpleasant Reality, Don't Ask to be Reminded" [View all]gtar100
(4,192 posts)Sorry you have to go to such great lengths to explain it but you said it far better than I could have. It seems that people have different perspectives on what their one vote means. Some seem to consider it an endorsement of everything about a candidate. Others, myself included, consider it a means of pushing the country/state/community in a particular direction and can vote based on the better choice of what's being offered, even if they don't fully agree with person they vote for. It's sad we don't have a candidate like a Roosevelt or Kennedy but the bottom line is clearly that giving republicans the keys to the kingdom is a fast track to full-fledged fascism. To not vote or to vote 3rd party is sadly a push in the direction repugs are pushing.
I wish it were different and that we had a real progressive to vote for with a real shot at winning. But that's not our reality. It's just not.
To anyone who considers a vote for Obama an endorsement of everything he and his administration have ever done, I promise if you vote for him I will not to hold you responsible for the bad parts of NDAA and HCRA, the seemingly unending war, tax cuts for the rich, etc., etc. Consider what you are doing as part of an aggregate. To withhold your vote, vote 3rd party, or (gast!) vote repug, is a choice you may be able to justify in your own mind but it sure doesn't help the rest of us trying to push this country back onto a liberal/progressive track.