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- dreepa, on 09/15/2008, -0/+24Nice I saw this the other day.
I like it and it is true.
Obama = McCain
Time to switch thoughts. We know that concentrated effort works.
Free State Project - muckemuck, on 09/15/2008, -0/+20They're both puppets. Vote third party otherwise the two parties will keep doing more of the same.
- infinityBBC, on 09/15/2008, -0/+17i believe the unifying pro-liberty '4-point platform' which Ron Paul advanced among the third parties is right on target!
i hope to see more of such pro-liberty unifying efforts and i see groups like Break The Matrix as being a valuable catalyst in serving to help! - agaiziunas, on 09/15/2008, -0/+16McBama - either way, we're screwed.
- bawitback, on 09/15/2008, -0/+1630% actually vote (for the mainstream candidates)
60% do not vote at all
if the 60% votes third party,
we win. - athanatic, on 09/15/2008, -0/+13Amusing, hope it takes off.
- inactive, on 09/15/2008, -0/+11We need to stop supporting party affiliated politicians. As seen with the Libertarian Party, endorsing parties at all is a bad idea. The statists, or "Republocrats", don't mind hijacking any third party that has any influence.
As a society, we must see that politically allied politicians are bought and paid for. The meaningless labels only serve these parasites running for office by distracting us from the fact that they never say anything. Imagine how different the primaries would have been had we not been able to tell who was making what comment, and what political affiliation they were. I promise you, anointing a third party will just mean that we will be calling for people to wake up, and support a 4th party some day. There are plenty of statists to go around, and none of them would mind bypassing the Republocrat primaries. As I assume we will soon see, they likely won't mind accepting tax funded assistance, either, even if it is supposedly against their principles.
It has happened to this country. It's happened to the GOP, and the Democrat Party. It's happened to the LP. It will happen again unless we wake up, and demand content, accountability, and loyalty to the principles the country was founded on, and not to the candidates political allies. - InTheoryTV, on 09/15/2008, -0/+10We need to stop voting for the Republocratic system. The political debate in this country needs to be opened up to more ideas. It is time that we the people stand up and reclaim our power. Vote for a third party candidate this year and together we can send a powerful message. When the power brokers see that their illusion is failing to work anymore it will be another important step towards restoring our republic.
- Junpei, on 09/15/2008, -0/+11My friends all say that I'm wasting my vote by deciding to not vote for Obama or McCain. They say you should at least vote to get *blank* in office so that we don't have *blank* to deal with for 4 years. They don't see that they are really just the same.
- PorterDavis, on 09/15/2008, -0/+9True believers in the two parties need to see this and wake up. Democrat vs. Republican is a lose-lose game for the American people.
- rasbradley, on 09/15/2008, -0/+8Either candidate is a vote for evil. Vote Third Party. Don't fall for the false left/right paradigm.
- inactive, on 09/15/2008, -0/+7I believe that I could close my eyes, and throw a dart in a crowded room that had no republicrats in it, and I'd hit a better candidate for President then either of the two republicrat candidates currently running... however...
Please keep in mind that though the "right v left" paradigm is almost always a bunch of *****, the statist vs libertarian (please understand I'm referring to libertarianism, and in no way the Libertarian Party) is very relevant in discussing the none-republicrat parties. I'd love to see 60% of the vote go to a "third party". I always vote for eliminating as much government as possible, which used to mean voting for the LP candidate. There are several socialists out there, though, that just want to vote against the war, and for what they think will be an environment friendly statist, for example. People who believe in the state, or "statists" as I usually call them, will endorse the current size of government, or even grow it, if they believe they can direct it in whatever manner they see as the correct one.
I think you'd find a lot of contrast among that 60%, whether it be a socialist statist wanting universal health care & opposing the war/police state, a theocratic statist opposing separation of church and state, a small government conservative, or a no government/free market voluntariest, etc.
All that said, a "third party" is better then either half of the one party we have now. No party would be even better. - fancypantscz, on 09/16/2008, -0/+7NOT voting your conscious is the only real wasted vote.
Who's interest should you be supporting when casting your ballot? This isn't China or Communist Russia. Don't vote for a party. Vote for your own best interests. That's the ONLY way this system will ever actually work 'for the people'. - InTheoryTV, on 09/16/2008, -0/+6Direct links are nice. But the douches blog you are talking about is owned by the creators of the video. Just saying.
- dgoddard, on 09/16/2008, -0/+6http://freestateproject.org
- inactive, on 09/15/2008, -0/+6FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS
VOTE THIRD PARTY!
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog/?p=484#comm ... - gbozic1, on 09/16/2008, -1/+6McBama O'Cain = NO
Vote New Party = YES - KCIndy, on 09/16/2008, -0/+5Negative, HxChris91 - in almost any election, getting a 60 percent turnout of REGISTERED voters is considered to be a "good turnout."
It isn't unusual to see a turnout of registered voters of less than 50 percent.
Let's look at the 2004 elections, for example. The '04 elections had the heaviest voter turnout since the elections of 1968. Even so, only 55.3 percent of the eligible voter population showed up at the polls.
Check out this link for some eye-opening information:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781453.html
The fact of the matter is, **almost half the eligible voter population in the United States fails to cast a ballot in the presidential elections** and when it comes to the so-called "off-year" elections, when we get the same buffoons running for Congress time and again, the majority of eligible voters stay home every time. - freestatelover, on 09/17/2008, -0/+5Good idea. Actually, I'll be voting with my feet and moving to New Hampshire as part of the Free State Project in 9 days.
- PatriotRonPaul, on 09/18/2008, -0/+3I don't care who likes or doesn't like it...........I'm writing in Ron Paul on the ballot because he is the ONLY one I want leading our country. None, and I mean NONE of the others equal when it comes to obeying the Constitution except Ron Paul. Ron Paul is a Party of his own. Let's start a "Revolutionary Party" and nominate Ron Paul for President!
- PressForFreedom, on 09/17/2008, -0/+2Love the message!
- odigity, on 10/24/2008, -0/+1Woo hoo! You'll love it.
- mover #488 - Phisolo, on 09/15/2008, -3/+4Although I do NOT believe that Obama is as bad as McCain, I do believe the problem is a truism of our current two party system.
Clinton and McCain were/are IMHO, bought and paid for by their "corporate donors". Obama is showing some promise in that his number one funding source is the "common man". Small donations from average voters allow him to break free of the need to please the corporate donors in order to get the funding needed to get elected.
Long term, breaking the two party system will broaden the influence of the individual voters. Short term I believe Obama will probably do more by showing the power of the "individual donor". IMHO, an Obama win will show ALL future politicians that if you are willing to break stride with the corporate interests you can still get elected and possibly even raise more campaign money from the disaffected masses than your former corporate masters. - robotsworld, on 09/17/2008, -0/+1Phisolo. What are you talking about. Obama gets HUGE donations from Celebrities and lobbyists, corporations. He's bought the same as McCain even MORE SO.
check out this website get the details.
http://whitehouseforsale.org/
Obama receives the MOST. What are you talking about "average voters?" - LumpyRevolution, on 09/18/2008, -0/+1You are a fool to think Obomber doesn't take PAC monies and MORE.
Two sides of the same coin. Time to wise up. Please! Your country needs you! - hellbillyJoker, on 09/18/2008, -0/+1I don't think Ron Paul would like it. He said he doesn't think it would be productive:
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/A_Write_In_Campa ...
But if you must do it, find out the correct way to do it in your state. All states have their own requirements, which can be strict. If not followed, your write-in will be a complete waste of time. - HxChris91, on 09/15/2008, -2/+2Those statistics are assuming every person in the United States is eligible to vote...
- Marsharks, on 09/16/2008, -6/+1I'm voting for McCain or Obama anyhow. Why? Because the American people don't deserve anything better!
- inactive, on 09/16/2008, -7/+2Direct link to the video and not some douches blog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kQxnut5RVw
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