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In reply to the discussion: "One pragmatic imperfect victory at a time" [View all]Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)23. I've never bought into the idea of the "lesser of two evils"
when so many people rail against voting for a DEM simply because they don't think they can vote for a Rep...and then seriously consider not voting at all...well at that point it's like arguing with a Tea Bagger.
It's all circular justfications. The clearest rational for not listening to that "Lesser of two evils" rhetoric is that every person has their own sense of evil (or not policies=good enough), my paradigm is different than yours. I do NOT want a candidate that is the robotic personification of someone else's paradigm, therefore their talk of Dem=Rep or being pissed off at only being offered the "Lesser of two Evils" means nada, nothing, empty talk.....
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Great piece. Anything much I could even try to say would at best be gilding the lily.
IrishAyes
Aug 2014
#2
Sometimes I wonder if I stray into melodrama, but at least it comes naturally. Not fake at all.
IrishAyes
Aug 2014
#28
When has there ever been a victory that was an entire pie, not just crumbs or slices?
Blaukraut
Aug 2014
#8
And look at which party had the presidency for the majority of those 30 years
Blaukraut
Aug 2014
#12