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In reply to the discussion: When will you stop voting for the lesser of two evils? (Poll) [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)42. Extraordinarily well said. Nt
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Other: Both loyalty oaths and "I'm done" oaths are way premature. The primary has not even begun.
merrily
Feb 2015
#1
Post like this, in combination with alert stalkers, make me worry about DU's future.
merrily
Feb 2015
#7
Fortunately, IMO, many have begun to refuse their bullying and to speak their own truth more boldly.
merrily
Feb 2015
#73
I look at the candidates and choose the one that best fits my idea of what a candidate should be.
Agnosticsherbet
Feb 2015
#5
If one pickle is a planck length longer than another. One is still longer.
Agnosticsherbet
Feb 2015
#21
The applicants will both be asked to vote on matters that count. The better applicant
Agnosticsherbet
Feb 2015
#34
Outstanding response to the foolhardy "lesser than two evils" argument.
great white snark
Feb 2015
#81
I have hypertension and consequently moderate Chronic Kidney Disease
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#85
Under no circumstances do I go to a restaurant and order shit that I despise
TheKentuckian
Feb 2015
#68
Nader voters sure showed Bush* what they want and he showed them by invading Iraq.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#94
As we saw last November from the low voter turnout, most voters are already THERE.
closeupready
Feb 2015
#9
If a popular former president couldn't win as a third part candidate...
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#95
"A great idea until it hauled the intellectual center of the Democratic party to the right of 1980's
F4lconF16
Feb 2015
#24
You said it just fine. Most DUers understand that Lesser of two evils is shorthand and they also
merrily
Feb 2015
#39
very simple - I will vote for a progressive alternative when doing so will not risk throwing the
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2015
#22
People get too hung up on politicians' perceived characteristics as a human being.
Starry Messenger
Feb 2015
#33
My life is full of "lesser of two evils". We should all work to improve the 'better of the two evils
pampango
Feb 2015
#43
That's the level of compassion of the Third Way and corporatists in general.
woo me with science
Feb 2015
#96
When are you willing to let theocratic teabagger fascists totally take over the government
workinclasszero
Feb 2015
#45
Every candidate nominated by the Party thus far has run saying shitty things about LGBT rights and
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#48
I don't do this...I resort to writing in a democratic candidate that is acceptable.
HereSince1628
Feb 2015
#49
We have the opportunity to choose the Democratic candidate in the primary. Someone who can't win the
Chathamization
Feb 2015
#59
Why just dismiss this? Why not instead recoginize that it's a call for wresting the Party ...
Scuba
Feb 2015
#65
Exactly, their only narrative is bully and intimidate. Which is why we lost last year.
Rex
Feb 2015
#80
The poison to the party are ideological purists who hold their breath until they turn blue
MohRokTah
Feb 2015
#98
I'll stop voting for the lesser of two evils when a candidate offers me more than that. n/t
Exhibit A
Feb 2015
#88
Other: lesser of two evils, provided there's been an open nomination contest.
Jim Lane
Feb 2015
#107