Wow (courtesy of angry_biscuit)

[veronica_rich]

Um ... how fucking self-defeating can you be?

Seriously ... your female candidate loses, so instead of getting over it and voting for the next best thing being offered in this particular election to what you wanted, you're going for the senile white guy who wants to stay at war for 100 years, and privatize Social Security (among other things not desirable for minorities or people who earn under $200K a year, I assure you)?

A vote for McCain is a third term for Bush. Your choice. Pass it on.

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[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

First of all, I'm not sure you fit into this post's intentions - you're Republican and I know that. I'm referring to either the "party faithful" or those who cannot vote for McCain in any conscience (as I simply can't).

And I'm not implying you don't have a conscience. But in fairness, I get the feeling you and I don't vote for exactly the same things all the time. *G*

I'm not pushing Obama; well, you know that already. We've had that discussion. I'm simply pointing out the convoluted, self-defeatist (to me) thinking that would have people who are voting for one platform and set of ideals abandon it for the an almost-opposite set because they're not getting the exact person they want. (It's just IMO, but I don't think Obama is to the Democratic party what Bush was to the Republicans - way radical off the map and largely non-representative of the party's ideals.)

[crevette.livejournal.com]

Meh. I figured that I wasn't targeted. But I still wonder why people just can't see that not every Democrat leans to the far left, just like not every Republican leans to the far right. There are conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans and moderates on both sides.

Clinton represented more of the middle ground--especially on national security, which is a BIG issue because of where our numbnuts-in-chief has gotten us. People can shift a little, but you can't expect an complete ideological shift just because someone is the candidate.

I'm sure the majority of Democrats will be voting in lockstep this year. But I'm also sure that there's going to be a lot of third party voting too.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

But I'm also sure that there's going to be a lot of third party voting too.

Personal principles that would lead to a vote for a third party are fine. But real-world practicality has to occasionally win out, especially when that voting would put the candidate you *least* want right in the driver's seat after all. And at this point, I do not want to see McCain in the White House.