The lesser of two evils.

[Bluerthanblue]

88. actually, you

are right. Your OP doesn't say that and I'm wrong to pin that on you. I had just read through the entire thread again before I posted this and was disturbed to read a few people saying it wasn't really worth voting Democratic in the future unless there was a drastic move to the left.

Some of your replies do lean more towards the message of if we can't elect a far left Dem, then we are fucked and might as well die:

If he is indeed the most liberal president we'll see in our lifetime, then we might as well roll over and die now, because that indicates that we are well and truly fucked.

Believe me, I understand and share your frustration. But the answer isn't to quit. The answer isn't that if we can't have a MAJOR change NOW then we should give up. There are times in life when that is the right way to deal with a situation. Sure, some people can choose not to vote, or to vote on principal, and they will probably survive the consequences of another Republican presidency. But there are people who will die if we allow the republicans to gain the white house. We have to prevail. And we have to move this country back in the right direction- that won't EVER happen if we say "ah, what's the difference between the two parties anyway... we might as well just let the republicans take over and screw things up completely"-

There IS a difference between the two parties. Yes, we have moved uncomfortably to the center - we have to continue to pull back against them and work to move us back in the right direction.

Read through this entire thread including your responses, perhaps you'll see how the black/white all/nothing criticism isn't all that far fetched. I apologize for attributing it to your OP.