Vote your principles

Posted by Robbie53024 13 years, 7 months ago to Politics
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Compelling argument as to why voting for Paul or Johnson or not voting at all is not a vote on principle.



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  • Posted by 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Don't know. I don't remember her or Dale before my hiatus.

    I do remember conversations with OA prior to then.
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  • Posted by $ puzzlelady 13 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Voting against Obama by voting for Romney is pragmatism of the highest order. Only Gary Johnson stands for the principles we profess to hold. Withholding for pragmatic reasons the vote he deserves is betrayal of those principles. Our populace is too steeped in the moocher/looter mentality to even imagine an alternative. We're back to 3 lions and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. It's a sad fact to consider here that even Objectivists cannot find a united front. Yet there are no contradictions and no conflicts of interest when you use rationality, not rationalizations. Whoever wins this election, our work must go on.
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  • Posted by BenjaminGrimm 13 years, 7 months ago
    So, I was supposed to change my "vote on principle" based on a video from a guy who admits very early this video, that he can't live up to his own principles? No thanks.
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  • Posted by $ rjim 13 years, 7 months ago
    I wish I saw this at least a couple of days ago. It is a great video. Even though it late for voting, I sent it to a couple of my friends. Thanks for doing it.
    Jim
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  • Posted by Slick 13 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Well said...I hope we get the 5%. I would have happily got behind Ron Paul, or even Mitt Romney if they had acknowledged him, but the treatment was shameful, and the two headed bipartisan beast showed itself for what it is.
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  • Posted by jashev 13 years, 7 months ago
    This is not a compelling argument. The Republicans have betrayed everything I believe in, treated Ron Paul like a second class citizen, put us into two wars, out of control spending, infringement of our civil liberties and finally the destruction of our financial system.

    If the Libertarian party can get 5% of the popular vote, it will allow them ballot access in all states without petitions and qualify them for matching funds in the next election. That's worth voting for. First the R's tell us not to vote Libertarian because it won't matter and now they tell us to not vote Libertarian because it does matter.

    They assume that we are conservatives. Nothing could be further from the truth. The conservatives in this country want to dictate your morality and interfere with your personal decisions. We are not one of them and we shouldn't act that way.
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  • Posted by popanonymous 13 years, 7 months ago
    Robbie,

    You're either one of them, or one of us. Unfortunately, you're bargaining with looters and that makes you one of them. I do not view their claim over me, similarly I'm not voting for the same policies that the incumbent presents or the challenger neither. P. Ryan might have read Ayn Rand, but you should be ashamed of yourself for questioning your conviction to sound, limited government. If you want my vote for Romney, you'll have to steal it, as I'm not offering it as if I have a matter of choice. A is A. A looter is a looter, regardless of the party line. Sorry GOP, you chose wrong by passing up Ron Paul. Re-read Ayn Rand sometime, this video makes me sick.

    Signed,
    John Galt

    PS - Don't disgrace the people who have served to try and get a sympathy vote. Poor Ayn is rolling in her grave having Romney/Ryan even associated with Galt's Gulch.
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  • Posted by $ jmlesniewski 13 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I'm not telling you what to do. I'm asking you to please stop addressing me, as I have about five or six times now.
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  • Posted by Slick 13 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Once again I told you to drop it and you replied back. At this rate we could go on for months. Look mate, I don't control you and you don't control me, so let's not tell each other what to do. I'll stop replying if you do.
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  • Posted by $ jmlesniewski 13 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It is hypocritical to tell me to be respectful of others and then ignore my wishes. I asked you twice to please stop addressing me, yet you continue to persist to tell ME how to act. Please, stop. Thank you.
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  • Posted by Slick 13 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Interesting observation. I hope so too...if he wins...I guess we'll find out very soon!
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  • Posted by Slick 13 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Completely understandable, it's getting exhausting. We'll have to deal with whoever wins one way or another.
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  • Posted by Slick 13 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Man I must have really touched a nerve. That's ok I'm not interested in going back and forth with you anymore on here. Just a little tip for the future though; you might get further in your arguments if you're respectful of others and don't try telling them what to do.
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  • Posted by CatieM 13 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    With that said I am ready for this election to be over with and I have no interest in arguing my view with anyone.
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