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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]tavalon
(27,985 posts)The OP is well known as an activist for voting rights. This is an elegant way to make a statement, IMO. 98% of people could not have made such an elegant idea work, but given his history, this would be the one way he could find to be okay with voting for Obama. The OP is only confusing if you don't know or educate yourself on the OP's history. This man has done more to protect voting rights than many, if not most in this land of ours.
He's trying to help both disenfranchised and discouraged voters in one fell swoop. He is well aware that Obama is the lesser of two evils, far less with each passing day, but those of us who are highly idealistic (whistleblower personality) may not, even now, be able to find a way to vote for the lesser evil without too hard a hit to our idealism.