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Originally Posted by politicophile
Bullshit. You and I both know that the candidates in any election you might be voting in are not equally bad. Even if no candidate perfectly represents your political standpoints, it is still your obligation to vote for the one you believe will be a superior elected official.
If, on the other hand, you fail to perform your civic duty, you forfeit your right to bitch about the guy/gal who gets elected. Your best opportunity to complain is inside the voting booth. You'll find me at the polls later this evening...  |
You're the second person recently to begin a rebuttal with the phrase "You and I both know". As I said before, no, I don't, and I wouldn't post something I didn't believe as if I did. It may have been a general statement that doesn't apply to every. single. choice., but so was the statement I originally responded to, and yours. There are plenty of cases where, yes, I think the candidates are equally bad. Mainly those that are a choice between only a Democrat and a Republican, like 2004 California for U.S. Senate. (Remember, California Republicans are Republicans Lite, so they're not automatically the worst choice like they generally are for President) Even ignoring the parties, they can still be considered equally bad in many cases because politicians generally don't care at all about the issues I care most about, or at least don't even try to look like they care, or they care, but have exactly opposite views.
Furthermore, I still don't agree in any case because representatives are representatives of ALL citizens, not just the ones who voted, and everyone has the right to complain about who's representing them regardless of whether they voted for that person. Would you also say I don't have the right to complain about representatives I voted for because I voted for them? In my view, those statements are more or less equivalent.