Are You Going To Vote?

sparks · October 30, 2012, 09:53:38 PM

I voted early at the county courthouse today........I'll be out of town for the next two weeks.

Are you going to vote?

sparks

waggin · November 07, 2012, 12:57:06 AM

Along the lines of what MikeC said upthread...

No way I was going to vote for the fascist insurance mandating, 2nd Amendment usurping, Too Big To Fail groveling, NDAA sympathizing, big government growing, business destroying, foreign entanglement expanding, constitution ignoring marionette. Nope, didn't vote for him or Obama.

Gary Johnson was good enough for my vote, and a vote for him has the bonus (yeah, grasping at straws here) effect of having an official tally of what are basically protest votes in a farcical process. Should I have signed my ballot with Don Quixote's name? If by some miracle, he's allowed to get 5% or more of the popular vote, I chuckle in advance of the incongruous idea of the Libertarian Party getting matching federal funds for the next election. Ron Paul had several very admirable positions as well, and it really annoyed me how he was marginalized throughout, and how viciously he was attacked by "conservatives." All else being equal, I felt Gary Johnson was the most deserving candidate.

Even though I voted, I still have nothing but respect for those who are informed but consciously chose to not vote. That is a vote in and of itself.

November 07, 2012, 06:21:53 AM

Given the choice of two great liars, I feel my mail-in ballot was a waste of 65 cents. Both candidates disrespected the Office of President, and the American people. I don't think the winner matters much, either. I have long felt that we are witnessing the decline of yet another great empire, just as all other empires have ultimately failed. Right now, my feeling is that I'll never vote again, as neither candidate earned my vote. It's starting to feel like The Truman Show, and I don't feel like playing the game anymore. BTW- My bitterness has nothing to do with the winner of this sham. I very nearly voted by hanging my ballot on a dart board, and putting on a blindfold. Now- how do I un-register as a voter?

peternap · November 07, 2012, 08:28:14 AM

I voted and would have been better off up a tree shooting Deer!

Damn Mexicans and Yankees in NOVA sold Va out!

I'm going hunting

Tickhill · November 07, 2012, 03:41:19 PM

I know one thing Santa Claus won't be delivering this year, a lump of coal. Unbeliveable.

November 07, 2012, 11:53:54 PM

Looks like Crony Socialism beat Crony Capitalism.

and the rest of us lost.

on the upside, i understand that approximately 13 MILLION FEWER cast ballots than in 2008 - with a larger population - which seems to me a recognition of the illegitimacy of the concept/system/process. the awakening is occuring.

and, although he was the least libertarian of candidates - except for bob barr in 2008 - gary johnson broke the 1 million plus voter mark. a good thing. except that votes for 3rd party candidates were added to the state winners for electoral reckoning.

sparks · November 09, 2012, 08:15:56 PM

Epilog...Are you going to vote?

A big thanks to all that participated in the unofficial Country Plans poll......and a big thanks to all those that voted in the national elections.......we tried!

There will be a huge wind ........storms on the horizon the next four years....hang on to your hats!

And your money................

sparks