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A Wasted Vote 
by Chuck Baldwin 
October 10, 2008 






When asked why they will not vote for a third party candidate, many people 
will respond by saying something like, "He cannot win." Or, "I don't want to 
waste my vote." It is true: America has not elected a third party candidate 
since 1860. Does that automatically mean, however, that every vote cast for 
one of the two major party candidates is not a wasted vote? I don't think so.

In the first place, a wasted vote is a vote for someone you know does not 
represent your own beliefs and principles. A wasted vote is a vote for 
someone you know will not lead the country in the way it should go. A wasted 
vote is a vote for the "lesser of two evils." Or, in the case of John McCain 
and Barack Obama, what we have is a choice between the "evil of two lessers."

Albert Einstein is credited with saying that insanity is doing the same thing 
over and over again, and expecting a different result. For years now, 
Republicans and Democrats have been leading the country in the same basic 
direction: toward bigger and bigger government; more and more socialism, 
globalism, corporatism, and foreign interventionism; and the dismantling of 
constitutional liberties. Yet, voters continue to think that they are voting 
for "change" when they vote for a Republican or Democrat. This is truly 
insane!

Take a look at the recent $700 billion Wall Street bailout: both John McCain 
and Barack Obama endorsed and lobbied for it. Both McCain and Obama will 
continue to bail out these international banksters on the backs of the 
American taxpayers. Both McCain and Obama support giving illegal aliens 
amnesty and a path to citizenship. In the debate this past Tuesday night, 
both McCain and Obama expressed support for sending U.S. forces around the 
world for "peacekeeping" purposes. They also expressed support for sending 
combat forces against foreign countries even if those countries do not pose a 
threat to the United States. Neither Obama nor McCain will do anything to 
stem the tide of a burgeoning police state or a mushrooming New World Order. 
Both Obama and McCain support NAFTA and similar "free trade" deals. Neither 
candidate will do anything to rid America of the Federal Reserve, or work to 
eliminate the personal income tax, or disband the Internal Revenue
 Service (IRS). Both Obama and McCain support the United Nations. So, pray 
tell, how is a vote for either McCain or Obama not a wasted vote?

But, back to the "he cannot win" argument: to vote for John McCain is to vote 
for a man who cannot win. Yes, I am saying it here and now: John McCain 
cannot win this election. The handwriting is on the wall. The Fat Lady is 
singing. It is all over. Finished. John McCain cannot win.

With only three weeks before the election, Barack Obama is pulling away. 
McCain has already pulled his campaign out of Michigan. In other key 
battleground states, McCain is slipping fast. He was ahead in Missouri; now 
it is a toss-up or leaning to Obama. A couple of weeks ago, Ohio, 
Pennsylvania, and Florida were all leaning towards McCain, or at least 
toss-up states. Now, they are all leaning to Obama. Even the longtime GOP 
bellwether state of Indiana is moving toward Obama. In addition, new voter 
registrations are at an all-time high, and few of them are registering as 
Republicans. In fact, the Republican Party now claims only around 25% of the 
electorate, and Independents are increasingly leaning toward Obama.

Ladies and gentlemen, Barack Obama is headed for an electoral landslide 
victory over John McCain. John McCain can no more beat Barack Obama than Bob 
Dole could beat Bill Clinton.

I ask, therefore, Are not conservatives and Christians who vote for John 
McCain guilty of the same thing that they accuse people who vote for third 
party candidates of doing? Are they not voting for someone who cannot win? 
Indeed, they are. In fact, conservatives and Christians who vote for John 
McCain are not only voting for a man who cannot win, they are voting for a 
man who does not share their own beliefs and principles. If this is not 
insanity, nothing is!

So, why not (for once in your life, perhaps) cast a vote purely for 
principle! Vote for someone who is truly pro-life. Someone who would quickly 
secure our nation's borders, and end the invasion of our country by illegal 
aliens. Someone who would, on his first day in office, release Border Patrol 
agents Ramos and Compean and fire U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton. Someone who 
would immediately, upon assuming office, begin leading the charge to 
dismantle the Federal Reserve, overturn the 16th Amendment, expunge the IRS, 
and return America to sound money principles. Someone who would get the US 
out of the UN. Someone who would stop spending billions and trillions of 
dollars for foreign aid. Someone who would prosecute the Wall Street bankers 
who defrauded the American people out of billions of dollars. Someone who 
would work to repeal NAFTA, CAFTA, GATT, the WTO, and stop the NAFTA 
superhighway. Someone who would say a resounding "No" to the New World Order.
 Someone who would stop using our brave men and women in uniform as global 
cops for the United Nations. Someone who would stop America's global 
adventurism and interventionism. Someone who would steadfastly support and 
defend the right of the people to keep and bear arms.

"Who is this person?" you ask. Go here to find out:

http://www.baldwin08.com/

As John Quincy Adams said, "Always vote for principle, though you may vote 
alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never 
lost."

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*Disclaimer: I am currently a candidate for President of the United States on 
the Constitution Party ticket. My official campaign web site is located at:

http://www.baldwin08.com/ 
© Chuck Baldwin 

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