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In reply to the discussion: Regardless of your opinion of HRC, anyone here actually want to see Rand Paul win in a head to head? [View all]calimary
(81,198 posts)120. To those who decide they just can't vote for either one, or Hillary isn't perfect or whatever -
Yep, that's the ticket. Stay home on Election Day. Stay home and pout or something.
Or - my personal favorite - "SEND 'em a MESSAGE!!!"
(Message will be read by the victorious bad guy as "Hey! THANKS, CHUMPS!!!"
Don't vote. And rest assured - all the folks who want the rand pauls or paul ryans to win - WILL go out and vote. Holding their noses if they have to. But they'll make damn sure to get there on Election Day.
And you then will feel plenty vindicated and be MOST satisfied with the next Cabinet and Supreme Court nominees, too, I guarantee you.
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Regardless of your opinion of HRC, anyone here actually want to see Rand Paul win in a head to head? [View all]
wyldwolf
Aug 2014
OP
Who in that thread thinks that Rand Paul would be better for this country? Link to the post please.
Autumn
Aug 2014
#4
I don't want to see either of them win. Which is why I won't vote for either of them.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2014
#5
I'm a Democrat who regards my vote as my own...not Hillary's or the Party's.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2014
#19
Our voices are ignored only before the election. After, it's blame-the-left if it's lost.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2014
#64
Our party leaders sit in their little mansions and send we, the Democratic base out to battle.
Autumn
Aug 2014
#96
They have to have a convenient scapegoat when they fail to convince voters to vote for them.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2014
#77
First, thanks for the link to my post. I'd link back but I doubt anyone would see it.
Savannahmann
Aug 2014
#7
Those who will vote for rand are single issue voters. They will tell you they are not...
Tikki
Aug 2014
#8
Young people vote for Rand Paul because they think he will legalize pot...
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2014
#16
they don't care...they think suddenly the Libertarians like they are welcome in the Democratic Party
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2014
#117
I don't care....if you spend your time on a Democratic Political Forum and don't vote...
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2014
#51
No I haven't called anyone that.....I said IF they claim they would vote for Paul over Hillary
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2014
#80
Yeah.....I have no interest in talking to Independent voters.....their opinions mean nuts to me....
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2014
#125
Got a candidate that can beat ANY Republican....got polls to prove it?
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2014
#126
Would you rather burn in hell for eternity or have a strawberry ice cream cone?
JaydenD
Aug 2014
#27
I imagine the Third Way could live fairly happily with either outcome.
Jackpine Radical
Aug 2014
#70
Or perhaps some DU'ers are detached from reality, or are conspiracy theorists, or are
emulatorloo
Aug 2014
#39
Yup. He would run on the "libertarian" promise of scaling back wars and the police state.
woo me with science
Aug 2014
#63
Exactly...IF they cannot commit to voting for ANY Dem over ANY Republican....they are no
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2014
#42
I'm concerned about the effect Clinton would have on the other races
aint_no_life_nowhere
Aug 2014
#52
"Romney/Ryan would be a Hell unlike anything we've known in the history of our country."
MannyGoldstein
Aug 2014
#91
No, in a game of good cop versus bad cop, I guess I'll have to choose the good cop
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2014
#65
Their silence on a host of issues tells us all we need to know about them.
conservaphobe
Aug 2014
#87
I'm not a Clinton supporter. I will support whomever has the backing of OFA.
conservaphobe
Aug 2014
#113
+1 The goal is the corporatism, money into the pockets of the oligarchs.
woo me with science
Aug 2014
#98
A Democratic president is only as "left" as their Party members in Congress.
BlueCaliDem
Aug 2014
#109
To those who decide they just can't vote for either one, or Hillary isn't perfect or whatever -
calimary
Aug 2014
#120
I'd think about it if I believed Rand would be libertarian on crime and national security in office
Hippo_Tron
Aug 2014
#133
there are 'progressives' here claiming Rand Paul is more 'progressive' than Hillary...
wyldwolf
Aug 2014
#140