Political Party Quiz

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(05-18-2015, 11:17 PM)Wyche Wrote: Agree wholeheartedly.  The main issue I have with the Libertarian Party is the free trade stance.  I am more for fair trade policies, but otherwise, I obviously share a lot of their views.  People can say I threw my vote away, but I say voting for "the lesser of two evils" is throwing my vote away.....because, at the end of the day, it's still an evil.  As long as I can sleep well at night knowing I voted the way I feel, and not just because, I'm good.  Isn't voting for something you don't believe in whatsoever REALLY throwing your vote away?  

Hey, I'm used to not going the popular route.....I am, after all, a Bengals fan!  

Well, my buddy has a PhD in Philosophy and he agrees with you, that voting for an unelectable candidate is absolutely the right thing to do. He'd vote for fictional characters Norm Peterson, Duff Man, or Billy Jack before he would vote for the Democratic or Republican nominee. He is fully cognizant that Peterson, Man, or Jack could never be elected. So, I guess you brilliant guys have your club, and I salute you. However, I am more of a pragmatist. If A is 96% evil and B is 95.75% evil and I am condemned to live under rule of A or B I would vote B every time under the principle that I had chosen less evil and if enough people did the same thing cycle after cycle we could in the short term and the long reduce the evil under which we were living.