A Vote For Third Party Is A Vote For Trump, Obama Says

[Rocknrule]

Source: Huffington Post

President Barack Obama on Wednesday said that anyone who votes for a third party candidate or does not vote in the November election is supporting Donald Trump.

“If you don’t vote that’s a vote for Trump. If you vote for a 3rd party candidate that’s a vote for Trump,” Obama said during an interview on Steve Harvey’s radio show.

Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein are earning 7.4 percent and 2.4 percent in Real Clear Politics average of national polls. Neither candidate was invited to participate in the first presidential debate, but still had plenty to say during it.

Obama, who has campaigned for Hillary Clinton, also told Harvey that his legacy was on the ballot in November.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-third-parties_us_57ebce9be4b0c2407cdaa0a7

[Lil Missy]

1. And he is right. n/t

[Coolest Ranger]

2. I heard him live when he

said that on the Steve Harvey show this morning and he's right

[Auggie]

3. Huge K&R

[Rocknrule]

4. Bernie or bust response:

"I can't believe 0bummer sold out to the establishment just like Bernie, man! If he had morals and principles like me, he'd vote for Trump and fuck us all just to send a message, man! Now pass that bong on over here, man!"

[mwrguy]

5. He's right. Vote Democratic or fuck off.

[Gothmog]

6. President Obama is correct - a vote for a third party is a vote for trump

[Third Doctor]

7. I agree.

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I've heard far too many but hurt people saying they will vote third party due to principle. Principles can be interpreted several ways. Principles without pragmatism leads to stupidity. They don't understand or refuse to understand what is at stake. It's a form of selfishness.

[Rocknrule]

9. MY principles say

I'm not going to hang my gay, black, Muslim, Latino, poor, female, etc. friends and family out to dry by wasting my vote on someone who doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning

These special snowflakes can shove their "principles" where the sun don't shine

[Third Doctor]

13. Exactly right

[HockeyMom]

8. Not if a Republican

That is one less vote for Trump. Remember Ross Perot? Who got elected with Republicans voting for him? A vote for Libertarian is one less vote for Republican ticket for Trump.

[William769]

12. What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?

[HockeyMom]

15. Registered Republicans

who don't vote for Trump is an indirect vote for Hillary, which is why I brought up Ross Perot. Republicans who voted for him gave the election to Bill Clinton.

[getagrip_already]

10. michelle said the same thing...

In PA. She said one of the two frontrunners will win. You can swing a precinct for either candidate, either by voting/gotv for hillary or voting third party..

paraphrased but pretty close.

[whatthehey]

11. So where are the poutrage brigade whining about his support

for the "lesser of two evils" and moaning that they need to be "inspired" by a candidate otherwise it's just too hard to decide whether Clinton or Trump, the only two people with any chance on earth of getting the job, would make a better POTUS.

[geomon666]

14. This is especially true if you vote in a swing state.

If you live in a solid blue state like California or Oregon or New York or whatever, fine, go vote for Jill Stein or whatever other fucking quack you can think up to write their name in.

But for those of us who live in Florida, Colorado, Ohio, etc we can't afford to throw our vote away on a fucking protest vote. Too much is at stake. So for those us who live in those states, if we're not voting for Hillary then we're voting for Trump, period.

[LynneSin]

16. Unless they are voting for Gary Johnson - might let that slide

just saying!

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

17. Except if you are dealing with a die hard republican

who would never vote for Hillary under any circumstances and also doesn't like Trump I think it is a good to direct them to either the Libertarian or Constitution Party candidate. I know someone who wouldn't vote for Hillary just because of the abortion issue (pro-lifer), but she hates Trump and she will be voting for the Constitution Party candidate. I see this as taking votes away from Trump.