In fact, I challenge those who are so passionate about not voting for "the lesser of two evils" to think - instead of willfully to disrespect the choice they have. Because there is always a choice between better and worse.
After all, of the past several Presidential elections, I challenge those individuals to tell me - with impeccable and irrefutable logic (and a straight face) - which Dem candidate - even if not perfect (and believe me, not one of them was "perfect"
- would NOT have been a MUCH better choice than the GOPer we got.
1980: Dem - Jimmy Carter; GOPer - Ronald Reagan
1984: Dem - Walter Mondale; GOPer - Ronald Reagan
1988: Dem - Michael Dukakis; GOPer - George Bush I
1992: Dem - Bill Clinton; GOPer - George Bush I (at LONG last, sanity, largely because Ross Perot split off a lot of GOPer votes that would otherwise have gone to Bush, not because all Dem voters showed sense)
1996: Dem - Bill Clinton; GOPer - Bob Dole (sanity again, this time with most Dems voting for Clinton)
2000: Dem - Al Gore; GOPer - George Bush II (this shouldn't count because Gore actually won, in spite of all)
2004: Dem - John Kerry; GOPer - George Bush II (I am STILL pissed off at Kerry for not challenging the vote in OH, among others)
2008: Dem - Barack Obama; GOPer - John McCain (and the truly awful Sarah Palin) (any Dem who would have voted for McCain and not Obama literally needs their head examined; sanity again and hope)
2012: Dem - Barack Obama; GOPer - Mitt Romney (sanity again, if a bit less hope)
I won't hold my breath waiting for that irrefutable logic.
But in 2016: Dem - ANYONE; GOPer - ANYONE (if any GOPer wins in 2016, I truly do not believe the US will survive; certainly New Deal programs will not)
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