[Homestead] Make your vote count...was... More on Barak Obama
EarthNSky
erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Thu Mar 20 22:31:44 EDT 2008
I'm not Lynda, and you didn't ask me, BUT...
I haven't gotten excited by a candidate in a long, long time. I think
working on a few campaigns during my college years jaded me a bit on
politics and politicians.
About 15 years ago, I first heard about the Libertarian party-maybe from
Rush or Art Bell...can't remember anymore...but I looked into it and
thought "what a crock". Then, over time, things began to make a lot of
sense to me...but larger than Libertarianism is the party system in
general. The way I have begun to look at it is that we need a
multi-party system, or at least a 3 party system-or maybe even a NO
party system. I realize we have infinite parties now, but really, we
have only two, and those two really, in the eyes of many people, have
become two sides of a worn penny. You look at it one way and you see
one side, you look at it another way and see another side, but at the
end of the day, it's still a copper penny in your pocket, and it won't
even get you a piece of gum...pretty useless as coins go.
BUT, I VOTE IN EVERY ELECTION, AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE I STILL
BELIEVE PEOPLE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. It won't happen overnight unless
there is some great paradigm shift and it becomes faddish to be a third
party guy/girl. Eventually, there will be a great enough percentage of
votes for a third party candidate to get equal media footing. But, if
you truly want change, and you don't like the candidates, and you feel
like you still want to make a difference, vote third party. It doesn't
matter who is running or even what they stand for as they probably
aren't going to win. Voting is not about winning, so just forget
winning. If enough people "throw their vote" to a third
party-Libertarian/Green/Communist/Independent/WHATEVER- then eventually,
a third party will emerge...and once that door has been kicked down(Ross
Perot almost kicked it open, but it was slammed shut) and not just open,
then more and more variety will surface, and who knows who will be
running. We just need to keep voting, keep kicking at the door, and get
others to kick at the door, too.
If you don't think it could happen, consider this..
Who would have thought, just 10 years ago, that there would be blogs and
bloggers who in some cases, are almost as famous as TV personalities,
and with You Tube, everyone has their 15 minutes of fame. Just think of
how these two entities have changed politics.
We are on the VERGE of Change, and it has nothing at all to do with
Obama, Clinton, or McCain. It simply has to start with us. Until we
change how we vote, how we live, how we spend, etc. etc., we will get
more of the same.
Bev
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> Lynda, I guess my next question to you would be, will you vote in this
> election? Or withhold it because no one meets your standards? I have
> mixed emotions about this because I live in Virginia, and therefore my
> vote is almost always a throw away vote in this majority red state.
> It's hardly worth the effort. But then I feel like if I just don't
> keep take part in the process, I can't help nudge it the way that I
> hope it will go, so I keep doing it.
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BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
34.498N 85.076W Bev is Earth, Ron is Sky
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