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Politics : Libertarian Discussion Forum
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To: Mama Bear who wrote (4146)9/19/2000 9:05:42 AM
From: Mama Bear  Read Replies (4) of 13062
 
A further comment on the subject. I believe that one of the reason's that Libertarian candidates fare so poorly is because folks compromise their principles when going into the voting booth, and casting for the 'lesser of two evils', because they fear the 'greater evil' may win otherwise. As a result the party fares less well and is marginalized. The reality of the situation is that there hasn't been a presidential election since I've been voting where it would have made a difference if every single Libertarian vote had gone to one candidate or the other. But the Libertarian votes that went to other parties would have made a HUGE difference to the party.

Think about it when you stand in the voting booth wondering if you shouldn't vote for the person who is the son of a career politician who is named after his father. Will compromising your vote and casting for one of the interchangeable ambassadors of big government really make a difference to the outcome? Casting for the Libertarian will make a difference to the future, IMHO. If less than 5 million votes determines the presidential election in November, I'll eat my keyboard.

Try voting for, instead of against. You might be amazed how good you feel the morning after.

Regards,

Barb
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