Nick -
I really like the instant run=off. Or any run-off, for that matter.
Forces people to snuggle with people they don't like.
I do like run-offs, but more so that I can vote *first* for my preferred
candidate and *second* for the lesser of evils and get a more diverse
pot of ideals, issues, and discussions. Maybe "snuggling with people
they don't like" is your shorthand for this diversity?
I have voted for Obama. And for Elizabeth Warren. I vote in
Massachusetts. Romney seems to me to be a scoundrel.
I fear he is a scoundrel backed by scoundrels. He is much more astute
personally than GW Bush or Ronnie V. Reagan was, maybe more like GHW
Bush... and less likely to be a simple(ton) figurehead for the likes of
Cheney/Rumsfield/Wolfowitz to run the country (into the ground) for the
benefit of their arrogance and their pocketbooks (and those of their
friends).
He seems so unstable that I am tempted to see him elected just for the
pure thrill of seeing what happens.
I reveled (REVELED) at the coin toss of 2000 when Gore and Bush were
left in limbo for months while their minions blew as hard as they could
to get the coin to fall on their preferred side. My morbid fascination
was in high gear... But within 2 years (9/11 and the start of the Iraq
war and many other things) I was shitting my proverbial pants... it
wasn't funny any more. Reagan and Bush I had used up a lot of my
patience for Republicans, but Clinton balanced that out by using up a
lot of my patience for Democrats. But Bush II and his cronies caused me
to evacuate my patience for their party in short order.
Were it not for the supreme court, I might be tempted.
I'm not clear on the allusion? Are you saying it would be fun to watch
another coin toss get blown over by the Supreme Court?
Gary Johnson, I don't know, but I am only a libertarian on social
issues.
Yes... this is what stopped me from voting for him really... that and
knowing that I didn't want to vote *against* Obama. A vote for Gary
Johnson would have been a vote for validating third parties more than
anything. Perot and Nader have proven that our elections can be
influenced significantly by a third party.
So, we'll see.
with Bated Breath!
- Steve
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