I despise this "throw away your vote" mentality that a lot of people have. In fact, one of the biggest reasons we only have two "major" parties to choose from (besides legislation and red tape) is the fact that the majority of Americans think that they would be "throwing their vote away" if they voted for a third party. You know, if people would just ditch this pessimistic attitude, then maybe, I don't know, we could have more than one party with significant funding and *gasp* representation.
It's such BS. It's never throwing your vote away if you're voting for something you believe in!! What the fuck is the point of having a democracy if you can only choose apples or oranges? Sometimes I want a goddamn banana.
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Only not this time around. I'm feeling like oranges. Obama FTW. I back... feh... most of his stances, and that's more than I can normally say about the usual Dems or Repubs.
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