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In reply to the discussion: Too Big to Jail? Obama at the top of bankster fraud. [View all]MaggieD
(7,393 posts)"I'd rather vote for something I want and NOT GET IT, than vote for something I don't want and get it."
So, let's suppose you had the choice to vote for the most leftist candidate in the world. Let's say Dennis Kucinich, or maybe someone even more leftist, like Ralph Nader. Someone who had zero chance of winning a general election. The Debs quote is clearly saying "I'd rather vote for that, and live with the consequences."
So, "not getting it" would have been a republican president.
Sooooooo, if you agree with the Debs quote than the "You'd rather have McCain?" still unfortunately "works."
And it does tend to point up the folly of the Debs quote, which some people don't, obviously, like having pointed out. I've been through the "both parties are the same" nonsense. That's how we got the worst. president. ever. in the first place. Thanks for nothing, Ralph and all the Debs quote devotees.