sudden valley gunner
Regular Member
Rob,
I am going to ask you the question because you will address it in a unique manner.
Is voting your "conscience" a bit Pollyanna?
Politics is not a purist convention of man, it is a brutal battle of ideas where there are winners and losers. Elections mean things and they have consequences (SCOTUS nominations) that have lasting effects.
Why not be Polyanna? Interesting comparison I guess it's better to be associated with that than the unfounded accusations of being a thief and an anarchist or an extremist. A perfect example of those on the right who are afraid of the words of a simple man challenging their precious "systems". I realize what politics is I won't have anything to do with Machiavellian politicians.
So you would rather me vote to continue the tyrannical slide, that Romney and Gingrich both would continue to bring us down? Giving them the illusion of "governing by consent"? The difference between them and Obama is minimal when looking at the overall picture.
And the continued idea that we have to pick the lesser of two evils is a repugnant idea to me it is still evil. It's like saying you want to help me torture this old lady you can join this side here that will beat her with chains or this side here who are using whips the choice is yours but either way she is going to be tortured. I will choose neither but either independently or with the help of others do what I can to fight that institution.
I am lectured because I never voted and that it's important yet anyone I would have ever voted for I am told is throwing my vote away. So I will vote my conscience or I won't vote period. If I vote and partake in choosing a "Bush" over "Obama" or vice versa I am choosing to support the horrible unconstitutional acts of either party. Forget it won't do it. They won't get my consent. My grandkids can't blame me for choosing a Hitler over a Stalin.
The difference between the judges isn't as extreme as people are led to believe. We need to not be so focused on one right that the others fall by the wayside. "Conservative" judges have eroded a lot of our fundamental rights.
There were only two dissents in Gonzales v. Raich both appointed by "conservatives" which means 3 other "conservatives" voted that growing a plant in your back yard somehow violated the "commerce" clause. Even our "wins" are not full "wins" they carefully word to erode the infringement part of 2A to authorize infringement, read Heller and McDonald, really not great rulings. What about the unconstitutional infringement of Terry vs. Ohio creating RAS.
So why not vote your conscience instead of contributing to the brutal battle? Anybody who votes just so the "other side" won't win whether Republican or Democrat has no right to complain about anybody else's vote, they are giving their consent to empire and and its evil machinations.
How about educating ourselves with something other than Faux news or other mass media news organizations.
I can suggest a book called "Who Killed the Constitution" By Thomas E. Woods Jr. and Kevin R.C. Gutzman.