[lbo-talk] Doug's Vote

Bill Bartlett billbartlett at aapt.net.au
Tue Nov 4 16:41:34 PST 2008


At 4:24 PM -0500 4/11/08, Doug Henwood wrote:


>Voting for Nader or McKinney or any of those other wankers is just a
>waste of time. As Adolph said it's pretty much the same as not
>voting, only it takes more time.

I don't follow your logic? Since your vote for Obama can't make the slightest difference, in a division where he's guaranteed to romp in, isn't a vote for him also the same as not voting?

Come on, admit it, I won't tell anyone. You want Obama. Its a historic election and you want to be part of that. Its understandable. Even I would have voted for him, just so I could be part of that. There's nothing strategic about it, it doesn't matter about his politics, it wouldn't have mattered if he was a Republican. He's the first black President of the US, that's a big thing. It means something.

Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas



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