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In reply to the discussion: An open letter to folks like myself who cannot in good conscience vote for Obama [View all]Pab Sungenis
(9,612 posts)I think a post like the OP makes a much more convincing case for "hold your nose and vote" than telling someone who is supporting you with reservations to go somewhere else.
The Obama Administration has been disastrous for civil liberties, has advanced the cause of corporate conglomerates over the needs of the average person, and has further entrenched the war in Afghanistan rather than end it the way it should have been in July of 2009.
The simple truth is, however, that the alternative would be much worse and many of us are voting for Obama solely because we know things would be worse with Romney in the Oval. A good number of us are contributing to and volunteering for local and Congressional candidates as well. Would you rather that we stop those efforts and go away just because we don't agree with your perception that Obama is perfect and anyone who criticizes him is evil? That's how we lost in 2010: the liberals stayed home. Don't flush the 2012 Congressional races the same way.