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[NanceGreggs]

167. There is nothing "principled" ...

... about allowing a Republican to get anywhere near the WH.

In the end, there can be only one - it will be a (D) or an (R). Pointing out that fact is not a scare tactic; it's a reality.

Voting to elect a POTUS is not a matter of who you personally find most closely representative of your ideals. You are not voting for someone to govern you personally; you are voting for someone to govern the entire nation. The well-being of that entire nation should be your first and foremost consideration; your own personal
likes and dislikes are secondary.

If your "conscience" compels you to throw your vote away - and that's exactly what voting Third Party amounts to - you might want to examine that conscience, and consider why you feel your "personal principles" trump the principle of keeping the next SCOTUS judges from being appointed by some GOP nutjob. You might want to consider why your "principles" really come down to I want what I want, and I would rather risk a Republican presidency than vote for a Democrat I personally don't like.

In the end, there can be only one - it will be a (D) or an (R).

Like it or not, that's your choice. You can pretend all you want that the election of a president is about your "personal principles". You can rant away about what any (D) said that you don't agree with, what any (D) did that you find offensive, what any (D) stood for that you stand against.

It doesn't change the fact that In the end, there can be only one - it will be a (D) or an (R). THAT is the reality.

Vote according to your "personal principles"? No. Vote according to who you want to see inaugurated in January 2017, a (D) or an (R). Vote according to what is best for your country, a (D) president or an (R) president. Vote according to who you think will better the lives of your fellow citizens, a (D) in the Oval Office or an (R).

When the direction of an entire nation is at stake, "personal principles" are an egotistical, self-centered luxury - and putting a country at risk of yet another whack-job Republican POTUS is an indefensible position.