OT: I voted

[vinnies]

i voted last week.

[ItchyFingers]

In California we have six candidates on the ballot for president. Allow most Americans believe they can really only choose between one of two Corporate candidates. Jill Stein got my vote.

 

 

Did you notice Rosanne Barr was one of those six candidates? Talk about throwing your vote away...

 

Filled in an absentee ballot, was possibly going to be in DC for work today, but unfortunately it fell through. I imagine being in the mall will be a happening place tonight. Anyway, I got my "I Voted" sticker!

[hangwire]

#41 at 7:15 this morning

In town, bars will give you a free beer if you have your I voted sticker on today.



Alcohol... the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

[LSDis4me]

 

Did you notice Rosanne Barr was one of those six candidates? Talk about throwing your vote away... Filled in an absentee ballot, was possibly going to be in DC for work today, but unfortunately it fell through. I imagine being in the mall will be a happening place tonight. Anyway, I got my "I Voted" sticker!

 

 

Roseanne is the Peace & Freedom party candidate, along with her running mate, Cindy Sheehan (remember her? camping out at Bush's ranch?). The Peace & Freedom party is an excellent liberal party. Roseanne is running on liberal values, she had wanted to be the Green Party nominee. I don't think voting for her is a waste. We've had former actors as governors and presidents. I wonder if she is considered less qualified because she's a woman. Reagan and Schwartznegger were bad leaders, but it was due to their politics rather than their backgrounds as actors.

[Zappa74]

{censored} no

[Lanefair]

As a UKer it is depressing to hear USers having to travel 5 hours to vote, and then wait to do it. In my entire adult life my polling station has never been more than a mile away (on average like 2 streets away). And I've never waited more than 5 minutes. And even then a lot of people here don't vote.

[BrentMpls]

Roseanne is running on liberal values, she had wanted to be the Green Party nominee. I don't think voting for her is a waste.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QEDb3xzdec

[LSDis4me]

Another way of looking at "wasting" one's vote, is by voting for a Corporate Party candidate who does not share your values, rather than supporting a candidate who does share your values. But we are duped into believing that we should only vote for one of the two Corporate Party candidates, and continue to get the evil of two lessers.

[TravvyBear]

Sup dawgs

 

[Dr.Picklebottom]

i voted a few saturdays ago. i agree w/ LSDs opinion of our horrible 2 party system. the way you either vote for one of two {censored}ty candidates or your vote just helps one of them anyway is really frustrating and makes me feel pretty apathetic about the whole thing.

[Hiwatter]

I voted.

Keeping my fingers crossed.

[hangwire]

im five hours from my voting location..

 

 

 

wat?

 

 

are you out of town for work today? 5 hours from almost anywhere in alambama is a different state, right?

[eti]

Took the day off to vote.

 

Can't resist making this a political thread

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTJ0qYR6YFo

[cryptosonic]

I took a bite of the {censored} sandwich a couple weeks ago. Four years of aftertaste.

[homestar_kevin]

I voted because California Tortilla is giving away free tacos to people with the I voted sticker...

 

 

I went with carnitas.

[poolshark]

Yep, wearing my sticker right now. 'Wasted' my vote on Gary Johnson.

[guitardustin]

Who is running again? Eh I'll think about it. I wish I could just text my choice.

[poolshark]

^ My God, that disturbing because it's so entirely possible. Just like American Idol.

[guitardustin]

Dude, American Idol is WAY more important than this, they needed an easier system.

[ItchyFingers]

Another way of looking at "wasting" one's vote, is by voting for a Corporate Party candidate who does not share your values, rather than supporting a candidate who does share your values. But we are duped into believing that we should only vote for one of the two Corporate Party candidates, and continue to get the evil of two lessers.

 

 

Have you heard about this thing called the electoral college?

[LSDis4me]

 

Have you heard about this thing called the electoral college?

 

 

That's another justification for short-term thinking, evil-of-two-lessers voting.

[ItchyFingers]

That's another justification for short-term thinking, evil-of-two-lessers voting.

You say justification, I say fact. Do you seriously have any faith that the electoral college which is comprised of democrats and republicans will EVER consider a green/libertarian/P&F/place-hip-new-party-here candidate?

I voted for Nader, so I see where you're coming from LSD, maybe I'm just too jaded in my old age.

[Turd Furgison]

if people are applauding those who vote, i should get a standing ovation.

i've vote 7 times already today, but now i am almost out of facial hair so i probably won't be able to hit an even dozen

[eti]

Voting? I already did that years ago!

[LSDis4me]

You say justification, I say fact. Do you seriously have any faith that the electoral college which is comprised of democrats and republicans will EVER consider a green/libertarian/P&F/place-hip-new-party-here candidate? I voted for Nader, so I see where you're coming from LSD, maybe I'm just too jaded in my old age.

 

Things will change when the people require them to change. Part of that is supporting real change agents, like Nader. Supporting status quo candidates will get us more of the same.