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

[quix.livejournal.com]

In my mind, "not voting" is the same as say voting for Ralph Nader. One way or another, you're giving allowing the Republican party to take the lead by factioning off votes for the Democratic party. Don't get me wrong, I completely support the right for the Green Party and Ralph Nader to get their support, but let's be realistic and realize that it's the end result that truly matters, and you have to decide what's more important to you: Voting for what you believe, or that anyone would be better then another Republican (on a side note: McCain was the scariest possible of all the possible candidates for the Republican party for me. He thinks like Bush, but he's the smarts upstairs to back it up) in the presidential office.