[lbo-talk] who likes Hillary

[ravi]

On 4 Oct, 2007, at 13:18 PM, Mr. WD wrote:
> On 10/4/07, ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> wrote:
>
>> privileged or targeted group. If Hillary is nominated I quite
>> definitely plan to pull that lever in her favour (though as Andie
>> pointed out, it doesn't matter since I too live in a state that will
>> vote Dem), though I find Michael and Carrol's thesis reasonable.
>
> I don't get it: if you don't live in a swing state, why the hell would
> you legitimize a shitty-ass Democrat by giving him/her your vote?  Why
> give up the chance to make some sort of statement by voting SWP or
> spoiling your ballot or something?  Not having to vote for Dems is one
> of the pleasures of living in a solidly Rep. or Dem. state.
>

Perhaps another instance of the popular vote being trumped by the  
electoral college might lead to the end of that silly practice.

	--ravi