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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]unapatriciated
(5,390 posts)will not keep those of us who have been voting for decades away from the voting booth. We understand the importance of that right and are not so easily discouraged. But there are many young voters who are new to the political process who are just as upset with some of President Obama's policies for the same moral reasons as I and the OP have. I believe it was the new voters that stayed home in 2010 because of their disappointment. You might want to think about those new young voters before telling others their vote is not needed if they do not unconditionally support all of President Obama's policies.
I live in the real world and have four grown children who were energized than disillusioned over the last four year years. It is that group of voters we need to energize again. You shouting for those who have moral dilemmas regarding this election to keep their votes doesn't help.