Budsy Jean, like most of us, is undecided on the current candidates.
My brother Bubba recently wrote in his weekly column that we are too busy picking one side or the other. We demon-ize the other side like they are evil. Truth is, neither Democrats or Republicans, Liberals or Conservatives are evil. They are just wrong. Being misguided doesn't make you evil.
Check out Bob Barr, Libertarian.
There are more than two choices, but is voting for a third candidate a wasted vote or a vote on principle? The only way to get different results is to think differently...and to vote differently, principle over expediency.
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Actually, I was leaning toward Bob, but his personality and history makes me a little nervous. And, no, I certainly do NOT believe that a vote for a third party is a wasted vote. Jesse Ventura was elected as governor of Minnesota as a third party candidate. I find it disheartening when I hear that third party candidates are excluded from debates, etc. So much for freedom of information.
Simply put, Conservatives are right about small government, wrong about imposing their religious beliefs; Liberals are right about civil liberties, wrong about wanting to take everyone's money so the government can impose on us what they wish.
Bob has flipped on many issues over the years, but I think that is typical of many Conservatives that come to the intellectual conclusion that an individual's liberty is more important than trying to limit their rights in the name of God.
What part of Bob's history disturbs you most?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Barr
I think that saying "Bob's history" was a wrong choice of words. Mostly what concerns me is his shift in viewpoints in that he was a very conservative Republican and now is the Libertarian presidential candidate. For some reason, I'm very suspicious of people who shift from the 'right'. Not saying that it can't happen, but in my experience it is more common for people to go from 'left' to 'right', than 'right' to 'left' on the political spectrum.
Does that make better sense?
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