Give me one good reason to vote for Obama this November

[markpkessinger]

140. On the contrary...

... Voting for the best of the available (realistic) choices is a fine reason to vote for anyone.

Look, I have had more than my share of complaints about this President. I think he has done some good things and has tried without success to do some other good things. That said, I think he has been a disaster in terms of civil liberties, his arrogation of increased executive power and his expansion of the security state. Nevertheless, he's far and away better than any of the GOP alternatives, and the Greens don't have a realistic shot (I never even heard the name Jill Stein until last week).

And for anyone who would even consider not voting in this election, as far as I am concerned those folks fully deserve whatever happens, because even not voting is, in fact, making a choice that will have a potential impact on the election.

To call this a "piss poor reason" to vote for someone is, in my view, naive and foolish.