i cannot emphasize this enough.
but some people do not share this enthusiasm.
you may have heard by now all of the talk about the Ron Paul cult.
if not, google it.
i don't know about you, but when i hear cult, my mind instantly begins to debate with itself.
side a: cults?
hell yes.
i LOVE polyphonic spree!
side b: wait a minute, no you don't.
you're thinking of the flaming lips.
you ALWAYS confuse the two, even though they are vastly different.
plus, cults are weird.
side a:
give me one example.
side b:
ok,
the jonestown massacre.
side a:
two examples.
side b:
heaven's gate.
side a:
those hale-bopp comet freaks?
side b:
yes.
side a:
hmmm.
ok, ok, yes, maybe ron paul has a cult following, but i don't think they technically qualify as a RELIGIOUS cult.
maybe they do, but i doubt it.
also, Ron Paul is not third party.
the fact that someone is trying to link THIRD PARTIES and CULTS is just a little ridiculous.
and ignorant.
and gay.
gay as in weird.
BUT, now that you mention THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES (actual third party-ers, not just mainstream libertarians), let us devote our gaze to Bob Barr.
now, does Barr say some things that don't make sense to me initially:
yes, namely his "christmas light example," where he faults the government overextension with warning labels.
i could be persuaded to believe and follow this.
it sounds a lot better to me than the things the Rep's and Dem's are throwing at me.
i guess, simply put, the heart of the issue is, when we go to choose the leader of the 'free world,' each election year, i am sorely disappointed with my options. are there really no better choices than two highly biased partisan figures?
this election is so funny to me because you can't dislike a president without becoming some type of bigot.
vote for hillary: oh, you hate blacks.
vote for barrack: oh, you hate women.
vote for mccain: oh, you hate everyone... and everyone's grandchildren.
what if i hate Rep's and Dem's?
who will save me then?
fortunately we have Libertarian (granted, former Republican) Bob Barr.
my mom always tells me that i am foolish with my vote, and that i throw it away when i do not vote on the clear winner (also she thinks i am a republican(also, this is the worst insult* she can throw at you in front of her friends)).
well, mom, i don't care.
i'll throw these votes away each year because i think that's one of the awesome privilege i have as an american... not to throw away my vote... but, to vote for the person i think most fit to run the executive branch of the government.
so, for now, i think i might have to go with Barr...
even though, surely he will split the republican vote, and ensure a win for the democratic party.
it's good to have options.
-mike
*= earlier i wrote "inslut"' and almost left it because it is an awesome word.
but i'll leave it here at the end. enjoy.
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It's too bad that we don't have a system more like Canada's. Where a third party vote isn't nearly as much of a throw-away as it is here.
there's an awesome south park episode where PETA gets pissed at south park for having a cow as their mascot. kyle thinks the new mascot should be a giant douche and cartman thinks it should be a turd sandwich. stan thinks that both the choices are stupid and doesn't vote. the whole town gets pissed at him because he's "wasting" his right to vote.
i just turned 18 and this election will be my first chance to vote and i really feel like i'm stuck choosing between a giant douche and a turd sandwich, only worse.
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i'm really not sure who i'm going to vote for. i have more than enough time to figure it out.
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