For many people Obama is not a "lesser evil." For the privileged, he can be.

[TheKentuckian]

102. Yup, the non-privileged get to vote for the better of two bads

But it works out the same, you get the best option functionally available that is far from good enough.

Shit rolls down hill, it all will hit the most defenseless the hardest and the hill has such a grade as to make down hill a hell of a lot more widespread than most will consider.

It all matters, having immediate needs somewhat attended to beats none but the time will come when all the shit rolls down that hill and the hand to mouth won't buy much.

I also don't buy your premise, you'll find those at, near, have been at, or face going to the bottom of the heap are no tiny minority among the cynical, the angry, and the disappointed.

Certainly some folks may not feel they are voting for a lesser evil, a better bad, tolerable, solid but not spectacular, good, great, extraordinary, legendary, one in a life time, once in a nation, once in history, once in humanity, or once in time and space and each may well come from about any walk of life, race, gender, religion, or financial status.

I had the privilege of growing up a mixed kid in Kentucky in and around desegregation, I had the privilege of growing up on food stamps and standing in line for cheese, I was privileged to not have access to the extras like music, I was privileged to get by without books waiting for financial aid dispersement, I have had the privilege of participating in four shutdown/buy outs and two mass layoffs in the last decade, I have been privileged to be homeless, I have had the privilege of pulling my own bad tooth, I've had the privilege of being injured and sick without insurance, and all manner of goodies for the fortunate.

My vote on Tuesday will be for less bad and I pray to God a little breathing space for more folks to wake and demand a real course change. I guess that is because in all my rough spots where maybe I didn't know where my next meal was coming from I had the privilege of wondering why it was I had to ask such questions.

One privilege I seek to ever avoid is that of frame of reference, even in generosity.
I'm sure many might agree with me in saying "thanks but no thanks", find someone else to frame your argument with and grow up and accept a vote as a vote, it isn't a personal gift to you. Mine against the more unacceptable won't buy any more than the one crying, thanking God, giving praise, with a fully satisfied heart.

What the fuck do you thank this is? The family "why I am thankful" prayer or some such shit? Who the fuck are you to call people trash because they aren't casting their ballots the way you want in what you deem to be the appropriate spirit? Are you serious??? What you want is a cult or at best a religion! One based on hack psycho babble that reflects reality based on evidence that exists between your two ears.

If you don't fix structural issues then not only are your options and reach ever diminished but you create more at risk with ever growing risk. You exchange duration and scope of the pain in what may prove to be a failed effort to avoid a sharp jolt, while making no case you won't eventually get it which is understandable until you state that such is "good enough" at which point you become rather heartless and trashy as long as you can put it off enough to either not have to deal with the fallout or maybe those dear to you like mom are no longer in harm's way.

I guess if you believe that the destination is inevitable then the game becomes all about softening the landing but I don't believe the destination is the only one available to us and with that comes a responsibility to change the course even if we suffer for it in the short term so that those who come up behind us have better choices to make.

My vote is for a little time but if the sad day comes that I am forced to say my vote is neither buying time or hopefully advancing the ball then it will be used in the best way I can determine to buy survival of our species, broad prosperity, and self determination over the long haul and no amount of emotional pleas, guilt trips, or name calling will change that. As I have no reason to see the slash versus cut as having the same endgame, intentional or not. The most likely outcome is that less benefits are paid AND revenues are further reduced as a natural consequence of the measures which snowballs the bogus disaster and makes it ever closer without providing a baseline benefit that is commonly shared and making the safety net seem more like a winning lottery ticket or a golden parachute though it only keep the "lucky fuckers" somewhere like just over dead.