I didn't say I was "voting my conscience" or that "voting was the moral thing to do" -- AT ALL. I said it was strategic early voting I felt I needed to do because we've important things in Texas like CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program -- one of the few state health plans for anyone, let alone kids) on the line. So, in that sense, sure, I guess my voting was moral: I want kids to have health care.
But nothing I did spoke to "much of the left" doing this or that, or to a leftist obsession with "the character of the candidates." (Although I did say Kinky Friedman was a living cartoon because, dammit, it is actually true.) If you need to draw conclusions about "the left," I think my example was poor data to use.
-B.
Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
"No, it speaks to the fact that for much of the US left, as much as the population in general voting is a *moral* process rather than a political one - 'voting one's conscience' 'character' of the candidates, sending a 'message' and similar moral drivel more appropriate for church discussion groups than for strategizing."
Chuck wrote:
"It speaks to the poverty of American politics that an anarchist in Texas feels compelled to vote in this election."