Obama v. Clinton

[jackofallgeeks]

Quick post, little thought, because my mind can't generate the charge needed
to draw much coherent reasoning. Democrats seem to be tearing themselves
apart on the Obama/Clinton bit. Both scare me for different reasons. About
a 3rd of either candidate's supporters say they won't vote fior the rival if
said rival gets the nomination. That seems at least a bit absurd. Most of
these say they would not-vote (rather than vote for McCain). I'm not sure
what I think of that. Part of me thinks it'd be better if fewer people
voted, so long as those who did vote were well-educated about the candidates
and not just voting on party lines and/or emotion. Still, a lot of me
thinks not-voting is dumb. Not sure what one should do if neither candidate
earns one's support.

Comments

[metis2be.livejournal.com]

The way that I see it is clinton and obama have almost identical positions. If obama doesn't get the nomination then at least clinton will be close enough, because I don't want someone in office who believes the war can go on indefinitely and has admitted to not understanding the economy. It'd be silly of me to vote for mcain out of spite just because I believe that clinton is evil and if she gets the nomination it will be fully unjust (such as getting florida votes counted).

And not voting for a your party is voting for the other party, since you aren't canceling out someone's vote.