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Originally posted by Radar
You've got evil #1 (Republicans) and evil #2 (Democrats) which are both equally evil and result in the exact same thing happening.
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If that were actually true, it would be a great deal easier for someone like myself--who beleives in much of the LP platform--to vote LP. The reality is that there is often important differences among the republicrat candidates--our recent gubenatorial race here in PA being a case in point.
The LP candidate for govenor came to <a href="http://www.pinkpistols.org">our shooting club</a> meeting. Over lunch he told us how he was able to enlist the aid of the Democrtatic candidate's campaign to make sure he had sufficient signatures on the petition putting him on the ballot.
So--this is the party that wants me to--on the basis of "principle over practicality", crowing that "you get whet you vote for"--use my vote as a political statement to publicize their cause instead as a tactical tool to prevent the election of a gun-grabber with heavy socialist leanings?
I do believe that there many more people supporting LP values than there are people registered or even voting LP--and that their numbers actually are growing. Someday I hope that growth leads to a situation where an LP vote is more than just a protest vote.
Until thern, when it really *doesn't* mattter which republicrat is elected, I *do* vote LP. Unfortunately that doesn't happen often.