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Re: Nice impassioned plea Sam...
Posted By: Nyperold, on host 209.214.142.146
Date: Thursday, November 4, 2004, at 11:43:01
In Reply To: Re: Nice impassioned plea Sam... posted by gremlinn on Thursday, November 4, 2004, at 03:41:26:

> > I listened to all the arguments about how a vote for a third party was a vote for Kerry, since I'd be taking away a potential Bush vote in the swing state of Colorado. In the end, I just wasn't swayed by it.
>
> Well, good, because it doesn't make sense. Assuming either Kerry or Bush would win the state (which was the case), a vote for a third party isn't any different, to them, from you not voting at all.

Besides which, if enough people voted for a particular third party candidate (and the electors decided to go with what the voters say), he would be President. It's not likely, but possible.

Nyperold

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