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In reply to the discussion: The imminent backlash of the Democratic Left. [View all]A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)have a (D) or any other letter after their name. I have not missed a local, state, or national election in over 40 years. I have not voted for a Republican in over 20 years. I have not voted for a Democrat in over 10 years. I am now too old to waste my vote in the hopes that things will be better next time. It is probably too late to make a difference for me but hopefully I can make things better for my children and grandchildren. I truly do fear for their future quality of life.
That said, in 2008 and 2012 I held my nose and the candidate I voted for was and is now the President of the United States. I gave him the benefit of the doubt in 2008 and sadly saw no alternative worth voting for in 2012. Do you think President Obama would govern differently if he had gotten 20 million votes on the Working Family party line, the line on which I voted for him?
You have choices if you don't learn them you or anyone are a poor voter. There are many good candidates out there, they will only win if we vote for them. Will we have to suffer for a few years? We already have been and still are, what is there to lose?
And thanks, it does bear repeating: No more lesser of two evils!
Oh, and I do remember just what a reactionary was and still is, capital letters or not. But thanks for being honest.