Who should I vote for President?

[kevyn]

I have a dilemma. I can't figure out who to vote for president:

Cynthia McKinney (Green Party) or Ralph Nader (Independent).

They're the only candidates talking about the real issues.

I've voted for the Green Party every presidential election since 1996 (1996: Nader, 2000: Nader, 2004: Cobb).

My dilemma is, should I give my protest vote to the Greens, or to Nader?

I like Nader. I really, really do. I wear as a badge of pride the fact that I worked very hard on his campaign to defeat Gore and Bush in 2000 (And if you blame me for Bush, you can just go back to one-party Soviet Russia where you belong, asshat).

But I also want to see the Green Party continue to grow and build in the United States.

Decisions, decisions.

Comments

Vote Green

[detailbear.livejournal.com]

I would say that the US desperately needs a third party. An Independent could only win if he or she were a national hero or extremely rich, and even Ross Perot didn't manage that.

Re: Vote Green

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

Good point. And the Green Party is winning offices at the local and state level across the country. It's only at the national level that they haven't been able to make inroads.

Keep on building, slowly, slowly...

Re: Vote Green

[teledildonix.livejournal.com]

"third party"? It would be nice if we had a *second* party. We currently have only one party, the Corporate Party, and it consists of people who are Republican Corporatists or Democratic Corporatists, but they are all the same party. Sure, they like to pretend they have some differences, but when it comes down to how our nation is actually being run, they all work for the same megacorporations.

The only reason i bother to vote any more is just because i can. It's my way of reminding myself i'm grateful to not live in Myanmar or Zimbabwe or China. It's not because it would do any good, it's not because it would make any difference which crooks are in power. They're all part of the same theocratic kleptocracy, and it's not useful to split hairs about which is which. Part of how they hold onto power is by fooling people into thinking that "Democratic versus Republican" is some kind of choice.

Pay no attention to the billionaires behind the curtain!!

Re: Vote Green

[bluebear2.livejournal.com]

I agree. Remember "Coke vs Pepsi"? It's still bubbly sugar water distracting us from thinking that there might be something else entirely that we could drink instead.

Re: Vote Green

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

OMG! I love that analogy! Can I quote you on that?