Not the same, because if I take the time to seek out a source of Cheerwine, I can find it, buy it, and be completely content. In fact, nobody's going to ask me "Why aren't you drinking Coke or Pepsi?"
If I vote Nader, I'll wind up with Bush. I don't like it any more than you do. I wouldn't vote Nader, anyway; because he's a total basket case, and if they'd just let him on the debates (well, if they'd let him debate last time), the rest of the people would see that.
You're right, though, the voting process needs to be revamped. The electoral college is good, mind you, because (up until now) it was designed to prevent demagogues. We've got the technology (or, maybe we don't, since electronic voting still seems to be a quagmire of fuckitude); so are you proposing a "first, second, third?" kind of voting?
I _personally_ think that the way to change the two-party system is from the bottom up, and I think great movement has been made in that direction. If we can find a libertarian candidate with a decent suit, we're in business.
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Re: Well said, but...
Date: 2004-07-06 04:51 pm (UTC)Big Mac or Whopper?
Bush or Kerry?
Not the same, because if I take the time to seek out a source of Cheerwine, I can find it, buy it, and be completely content. In fact, nobody's going to ask me "Why aren't you drinking Coke or Pepsi?"
If I vote Nader, I'll wind up with Bush. I don't like it any more than you do. I wouldn't vote Nader, anyway; because he's a total basket case, and if they'd just let him on the debates (well, if they'd let him debate last time), the rest of the people would see that.
You're right, though, the voting process needs to be revamped. The electoral college is good, mind you, because (up until now) it was designed to prevent demagogues. We've got the technology (or, maybe we don't, since electronic voting still seems to be a quagmire of fuckitude); so are you proposing a "first, second, third?" kind of voting?
I _personally_ think that the way to change the two-party system is from the bottom up, and I think great movement has been made in that direction. If we can find a libertarian candidate with a decent suit, we're in business.