Haven't read the thread but any Libertarian or third party candidate, including the infallible Ron Paul [img]http://www.arrse.co.uk/at will never have a shot at winning or ending the two party system. When they constantly run as a Republican and fail to get the nomination and then go third party. They need to go third party from the start and get their message out their way before the other parties start. The time to start campaigning for 2016 in now. A vote for Johnson is a vote for Obama. And don't crawl up my ass, I like Johnson.
Ohh really? Have you ever actually done any research into the Electoral College and how our presidents are actually elected in this country, instead of believing the propaganda that you get from the media and other such sources? PRESIDENTS ARE NOT ELECTED BY A POPULAR VOTE. You really need to, because then you'd realize how silly of a phrase, "A vote for Johnson is a vote for Obama," really is. In fact, I know for a fact that Romney will get 100 percent of Georgia's electoral votes, so it matters not one gnat fart, what I or any of the other people in Georgia who vote for Obama or Johnson do on election day, our state's electoral votes are going for Romney.
So here is an interesting idea, before making ridiculous and silly generalizations about people's vote, why don't the people who use them go do some research on the electoral college and how it works, you know, how Presidents are ACTUALLY elected, instead of spreading around such silly generalized propaganda.
First, CHECK OUT YOUR STATE. See how it has historically voted in the past twenty or thirty years. Check out a bunch of polls and see how much Obama or Mitt are running in your STATE. For me, Romney is going to win by at least 12 percent in my State.
For me, voting for PRINCIPLE, is more important than following the collective sheep herd, because if Johnson can get 5 percent of the vote, than the Libertarian party can start to receive campaign funds, and they have a greater chance of breaking the iron grip control that the two major parties have right now, and of course, its incredibly important to go into a vote with EYES Wide Open, and make an educated vote, instead of blindly following propaganda statements such as, "a Vote for Johnson is a Vote for Obama." UGH, NO! A vote for Johnson is still a vote for Johnson. In the end, it will still go for Johnson, and if we can get his party 5 percent of the vote, we have a chance of breaking the iron grip that the two parties have had on this country for almost 200 years.
Some people on this forum are probably in battle ground, swing States that actually determine elections, if you are, then yes, you have a tough choice, because then it really is should I vote principle, or vote for the lesser of two evils.
I realize in Georgia I am lucky, because I have the easiest vote of all. I know that no matter what I do on election day, my State's electoral college votes are going to Romney with a 100 percent guarantee. So why wouldn't I vote for MY PRINCIPLES of smaller government and more social and economic freedom?
Please become educated on YOUR VOTE, and how it plays into your State, and your State's electoral votes as well as, and your State's history and their role in these elections.
I'd rather people become educated, and vote in an educated way, instead of believing and falling for these blanket generalization that are nothing more than Republican Propaganda, such as "A vote for Johnson is a vote for Obama," which is just complete and utter BS.
