Clever On Jul 25, 9:11 am, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > The Lesser Evilby Chris Sullivan > Suppose it were possible for anybody who ever lived to be president of the > United States. > At every election, we're always told that if we don't vote for Tweedle Dum, > Tweedle Dumber will be elected and the Supreme Court will be filled with > activist judges or some terrible UN treaty will be pushed through or what's > left of our rights will be further eroded. That's probably true in either > case, but may be worse in the case of Tweedle Dumber. But what if there is a > third or fourth or any number of other candidates who have no chance of > winning, but are decent people with a zeal to protect individual rights -- > sort of a Clark Kent of politics. Should you stick to principle and vote for > them or "hold your nose and vote for Tweedle Dum"? > Since this is all theoretical, lets say that Lucifer has the nomination > wrapped up for the Evil Party and is polling something like 46% of the vote > against any nominee of the Stupid Party. > The Stupid Party has a hard-fought three way race with Hitler, Stalin and > Lincoln eviscerating each other in a political gladiatorial game. As the > votes are counted at the convention, the great state of Erehwon casts the > winning votes for Stalin and the crowd is jubilant. Ten thousand balloons are > released as fourteen tons of confetti are dropped on the delirious crowd. All > the delegates agree that Stalin is the electable candidate even though some > are less than convinced he can defeat Lucifer since Stalin only polls 40% in > a match up against Lucifer. > Stalin is the clear favorite among religious people since he is clearly not > as bad as Lucifer and has pledged not to appoint any mass murderers or child > molesters to the Supreme Court. > Things start looking better for Uncle Joe after focus groups find that > emphasizing his WW II alliance with the U.S. against Hitler plays well and > old pictures are brought out showing him kissing babies. Stalin, after > reinventing himself and hiring the best public relations consultants has now > closed the gap to 42 – 47% against Lucifer. > Just as Stalin starts to look like he might have a chance to catch Lucifer, > disaster strikes. The Truth Party, a small splinter group of what most people > would classify as extremists nominates Jesus Christ as its candidate.To make > matters worse for Stalin, the Truth Party is on the ballot in 42 states, in > some of which he has his greatest strength. > The Stupid Party establishment tries to persuade the officers of the Truth > Party to withdraw Jesus' nomination and throw their support to Stalin, but > the Truth Party people won't hear of it. The Stupids launch an advertising > campaign through a political front group advising people not to waste their > vote on Jesus. Bumper stickers are printed with the slogan, "A Vote For Jesus > Is A Vote For Lucifer." > The anti-Jesus campaign back-fires and causes his numbers to go up and > Stalin's to go down. Now the situation appears desperate, so the Stupids > promise to balance the ticket and put Jesus on as Vice President.The Truth > Party extremists remain intransigent and will not take the deal. > Just as the nimbus clouds appear to be gathering over the Stalin campaign, > Pastor Jack Agee gives it a boost by reminding his followers that Uncle Joe > set up Birobidzhan as a Jewish autonomous region in the Soviet Union and has > pledged increased support for Israel. Pastor Agee seems miffed that he can't > get any assurance that Jesus will support Israel; in fact, he's been unable > to find out Jesus' position on anything. > Jesus seems uninterested in winning the campaign and has not made any > speeches or gone to any political rallies. When located by a reporter for > Mendax News Service and asked about his program, he says something about his > kingdom not being of this world and also something about bearing witness to > the truth; nothing very good for a soundbite. > As the campaign is in the closing days, Stalin and Lucifer are polling within > the margin of error with each other and with Jesus as a spoiler. Should good > people vote for the good or for the lesser > evil?http://differentbugle.blogspot.com/2011/07/lesser-evil.html
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