Originally posted by: LordMagnusKain
Originally posted by: Gaard
Do you really consider this to be the only true test of partisanship?
Repeat after me I N D E P E N D E N T C A N D I D A T E
If you've never voted for a Democrat, LMK, does that make you a Republican partisan?
If you vote outside of the two major parties for president, then your throwing your vote away and are sure to be major partisan.
Sheer and utter nonsense. It's that kind of I-must-vote-for-the-winner thinking that encourages the Democratic and Republican parties to whore themselves to the highest bidder while they continue to ignore the People of the United States. In most cases, a vote for the status quo -- i.e., Dems or Repubs -- is a wasted vote. If you want your vote to matter, vote for third-party candidates. The Republicrats won't notice the difference between 46% and 48%; all they care about is whether they won or not. They will, however, notice the difference between Libertarians getting 2% or 4%, for example.
Unless the election is so close that your vote may literally change the outcome, a vote for Republicrats is wasted. If you are unhappy with American politics, if you want change, the only way to effectively send that message is voting for someone else. In spite of all the graft and corruption and influence peddling in D.C., in spite of the Supreme Coup and PACs and all the other BS that disenfranchises voters,
We, the People of the United States still have the ultimate power,
if we can unite from our complacency,
if we can wise up and stop being duped by the Repbulicrat marketing machinery,
if we decide together we've had enough of being screwed over by The Powers that Be. While special interests can buy politicians, they cannot yet buy votes.
It's a fine test of partisanship and moderation, if you had the opportunity and didn't vote Nixon the second time, or Regan the second time, it's a sure fire bet that you are highly partisan.
LOL, whatever you say. Some of us knew Regan [sic] was a fraud from the beginning. Yes, he was a nice guy. He was even a local hero, having spent some of his radio career in central Iowa. Nonetheless, Reagan was not good for America. He was just another special-interest shill whose budgetary policies were a disaster. I don't remember who, but I know I voted third-party in both 1980 and 1984.
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