Willravel

Oh it's hardly that simple. First off, show me that the Democrats can stop the Republicans, when they're all too happy to tag along when it suits them. Jesus, look at the spy bill. No, the Democrats are indeed cowards on the whole. They prefer safe bets to taking the risks necessary to stop the GOP, and it's because of that your sentiment about the Dems having a chance is meaningless. It's a shame that the whole party can't be Kuciniches, who have giant balls (and I just realized why he has a hot wife...). The damned thing is full of Hilarys, who can't even admit today that their vote supporting the war was wrong. They're not just useless, though. They distract people from reality. They make their claims that they'll do everything they can to get the troops home. That makes people believe that it can actually happen and instead of people taking action themselves or voting for people who might actually fight to bring the troops home, they hedge their bets behind the people who are in reality all talk. Those that are all talk can't stand up to those who are all action, regardless of how bad those who take action are.

I take the only action that actually has a hope to see real fundamental progress in this country. I vote for those who represent me best. That's just it. A tiger can't change it's stripes, and continually hoping to change a party stuck in it's ways is actually more useless than voting for someone who has no chance. Badnarik had a spot on the ballot in 48 states and earned almost 400,000 votes. To spin an often used Dem line: Had all the Democrats actually voted for Badnarik, not only would Bush have lost, not only would we have been able to keep Kerry out of the White House, but we could have been well on our way to breaking the stranglehold of the two party system and we would have had a president that wasn't controlled by special interests at all.