Can I ever vote Democrat again?

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Comment by The Secular One on December 8, 2010 at 8:56pm

By the way, thanks everyone for the input.

Comment by James Beckerleg on December 7, 2010 at 11:25pm

Vote green!

Comment by Sentient Biped on December 7, 2010 at 1:48pm

I was joking but there may have been a subliminal, just below the surface memory of something I saw before... must be a sign of aging. You prompted me to look, there is a group with that name. Maybe I saw it on Nexus? coffee party usa. I can't make an opinion based on the little that I read but it's always worth seeing what people have to say.

Comment by The Secular One on December 7, 2010 at 10:44am

I've heard of the Coffee party...but I haven't heard about them much.

Comment by Sentient Biped on December 7, 2010 at 9:37am

Coffee party.

Comment by The Secular One on December 7, 2010 at 6:31am

I really think we need to start backing third party-ish candidates like the Tea Party did. That gets voters out and has the power to maybe move a party some. We need progressive challengers to ever weak Democratic seat.

Comment by The Secular One on December 7, 2010 at 6:27am

Let me be clear: I will never vote for a Republican. That's not at issue. I will also continue voting. I may vote for individual Democrats that I know have supported the causes that I hold dear, but voting for the re-election of Obama? I don't think so. I'm hoping for a solid challenge in the Democratic primaries, although the entire party is so gutless that seems unlikely.

I think Louis has it best, do I want something useless that will destroy the system eventually, or something that will actively destroy the system.

Comment by Louis on December 7, 2010 at 1:23am

I look at it this way:

You have scurvy and want some orange juice, but you only have three glasses in front of you:
1) is filled with water
2) is filled with poison
3) is filled with -- maybe a little orange juice, you can't tell because it's so little

They're each pointless in their own way. The water will at least sustain you though not deal with your more pressing issue. The poison -- well... The glass with maybe a little bit of sort of orange juice might deal with your pressing issue, but it doesn't look like it'd be enough to actually fix anything.

Comment by Marshall on December 6, 2010 at 11:44pm

I can assure you that life in America would be much worse had we elected McCain. Many Dems asked the same question during the Bush/Gore campaign, but few now claim that there was no difference between the two.

Comment by Earther on December 6, 2010 at 11:27pm

I like the label Independant.

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