tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466128223711547349.post2970915795832132455..comments2024-01-18T21:33:10.603-05:00Comments on Half a Dozen and More Productions: On Why I'm not Voting for Either CandidateMaurisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489369133555827520noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466128223711547349.post-63454541250509268262012-11-06T19:44:12.139-05:002012-11-06T19:44:12.139-05:00Being in a swing state, I had to vote Romney. I d...Being in a swing state, I had to vote Romney. I didn't really mind, politics really isn't my thing. But I agree with all the problems you have with him!!!Tonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999639129238614882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466128223711547349.post-78023840675230831762012-11-06T06:39:20.466-05:002012-11-06T06:39:20.466-05:00Since I live in Florida, I had to vote Romney. I ...Since I live in Florida, I had to vote Romney. I also think there is a clear choice here between an imperfect good (mostly in favor of restricted abortion) and an evil (abortion and infanticide are perfectly acceptable). I have voted in the past for third party candidates, especially in NJ where the republican candidate was pro-choice, often, and "conservative" applied only to fiscal policies. But I agree that a Romney win only kicks the can of socialism down the road a little ways.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14591234069872271083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466128223711547349.post-88170876740022742372012-11-05T20:22:46.697-05:002012-11-05T20:22:46.697-05:00Here's the problem. What is the Constituion pa...Here's the problem. What is the Constituion party? How did you hear about it? I did research on Gary Johnson but had not heard of this party. Virgil Goode was a write in candidate on our ballot with a bunch of other crazy folks. I had no idea about. In fact, I had not seen the write in's until I got to the polls. Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12815449256742930541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466128223711547349.post-27049774338546057052012-11-05T18:44:53.257-05:002012-11-05T18:44:53.257-05:00One of my friends posted this in his facebook stat...One of my friends posted this in his facebook status this morning. I don't necessarily agree with all of it, but I did find it interesting:<br /><br />"OK Catholic friends, here goes: First, I totally get the third party thing. Really. Neither ticket has come anywhere near cornering the market on Catholic social teaching, and we can expect that either will pursue policies which are morally abhorrent. But, of course, so would any third party candidate; such is the nature of our democracy. We can and must pursue *incremental* change toward a more moral and decent republic. If you really think a third party is the answer (again, a view to which I'm sympathetic), then voting for a third candidate who has not a chance does nothing to bring that about. You can't sit around for 4 years, then vote for Gary Johnson or Virgil Goode and say "Ha! I showed them!" You've shown nothing. Want a third party? Work for it. Organize. Yeah it's tough and the deck's stacked against you, but only once a third candidate becomes viable through the grassroots is it worth spending a vote on him. Until then, you have two choices.<br /><br />And that is not really a choice. One candidate has indicated that the Church must subsume its sacred moral teaching to the whims of the state in order to participate in civil society. So that's that."Sophie Miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984573258370585557noreply@blogger.com