Re: Modest proposal to end the war

[Adam Ophir Shapira <vorlon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Republicans aren't any better than the Democrats.

The underlying problem is fear among voters. Each voter
feels under pressure to vote for one of the two major
parties ... at fear that they'll be "wasting their votes"
if they vote for one of the dark-horse parties. Some of
these smaller parties don't even bother nominating a
candidate ... at fear that whichever of these two parties
they detest less will lose votes to the one which they
detest more. Their fear prevents them from realizing that
with each passing year, the Democrats and the Republicans,
while pretending to be rivals, become more and more similar.


Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:

> While my respect for electoral politics approaches zero, methinks the
> process can be useful as a form of anti-war demonstration - a bit more
> effective than the street variety.
>
> The idea is simple - do not wait until 2000, start voting your disapproval
> with the Fifth-Column, Cruise-Missile Democrats and their impeached war
> criminal leader now.  How?  By changing your party affiliation with the
> voters' registration agency.  Voters' registration is an ongoing process -
> you can send your voter registration card any time, and simply check
> anything but "Democrat" as your party affiliation.  I'm pretty sure if a
> sufficient number of such cards reaches local voters registration offices -
> the ratfuckers will take a notice.
>
> For those who still think that electoral politics matter - that strategy
> does not "waste" your vote, you still can vote any way you want in the
> "real" election, regardless of your party affiliation.
>
> wojtek
>
> Give me your watch, and I will give you the time of the day.