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In reply to the discussion: In 2016, I will support the DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, completely and without reservation, [View all]riqster
(13,986 posts)23. There is always a choice.
If someone chooses to hold dear to their ideals no matter what else, and thousands of people died as a result of their purity, was that person really pure? Or was he or she just an insular, echo-chamber-dwelling that failed to realize that they were part of a greater whole, and that their actions had consequences as a result?
THAT is what the "pure people" did in 2000. They withheld their votes as a gesture of their ideological purity, and as a result people died in Iraq, New York, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Those withheld votes didn't "mean nothing". Those choices meant dead people.
"Elections have consequences". And so do our actions during those elections.
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In 2016, I will support the DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, completely and without reservation, [View all]
LaydeeBug
Jul 2013
OP
the D's or the R's are not the same and usually the ones saying that are not Democrats.
TeamPooka
Jul 2013
#65
Exactly. The republican base fights to get the most conservative candidate. We can fight for
pampango
Jul 2013
#61
luckily I'm not a Democratic Party memeber, so I don't have to swear a blood oath.
liberal_at_heart
Jul 2013
#20
Agreed. Not voting is just as effective in influencing politicians as voting is.
Fantastic Anarchist
Jul 2013
#57
"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, you may may cherish the sweetest reflection
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jul 2013
#15
I'll support the democratic nominee if the democratic nominee is a liberal.
liberal_at_heart
Jul 2013
#19
Vote Progressive in the primaries, vote Democratic in the general election.
DinahMoeHum
Jul 2013
#28
If Cheney declares himself to be a Democrat (D) and is nominated, would you support him?
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2013
#39
"because not doing so would make something much, much worse inevitable." That was the reason we
jtuck004
Jul 2013
#44
In a democracy, it's better that the politicians respond to the demands of the electorate
Maedhros
Jul 2013
#76
I was threatened with rape upthread for holding the same position as yours.
Fantastic Anarchist
Jul 2013
#60
+1. They've become consumed with a libertarian agenda. Meanwhile, the shit that's happening...
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2013
#77
this is why the Democrats can ignore their base and the Republicans have to appease their base
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2013
#81
that's okay I'm gone. I am done with the abuse. I have joined my husband in being an independent.
liberal_at_heart
Jul 2013
#102