If everyone who is disgusted with the two-party system voted their conscience, things could change:

Massachusetts doctor wins Green Party nomination. Voting third party shows that you are participating, but it also shows that you refuse to buy into the corrupt system that the republicans and democrats have gamed. And yes, the leadership of both parties is responsible for the clusterfuck that is our current state of affairs--after all. it's Obama's AG who is sitting on his hands, letting the bankers rape the treasury at will. So, what does the Green Party nominee have to say? Just this:

Jill Stein, an internist from Lexington, Mass., blasted both Romney and President Barack Obama, saying both had become too dependent on donations from corporations in order to acquire office at the expense of the nation's citizens.

"We need real public servants who listen to the people — not to the corporate lobbyists that funnel campaign checks into the big war chests," Stein told applauding supporters at a Holiday Inn in Baltimore. "That's what brought me to the Green Party, the only national party that is not bought and paid for by corporate money."

We will know when third parties are seen as a real threat when the Koch brothers try to acquire them. But probably not this year. Vote Green Party, vote some other party, just starve the fucking monsters.

Comments

[Tengrain]

This is why I've been a registered Grren for about a decade.

Rgds,

Tengrain

[gmb]

Ten: I'm a registered unaffiliated voter, I've voted third party beginning in 2008, and I've begun writing in votes since the last election. This year I think I'm voting Green for pressie and write-in votes (probably Harvey Milk) for the remainder. I like voting for someone I respect for a change. GMB

[MDC]

I fully understand and respect the sentiment. Unfortunately, it seems to me that the only person the Green Party has ever gotten elected president is George W. Bush.

My philosophy is that voting has to be about practical outcomes as much as about feelings... if not more so. But of course, it's a personal decision.

[gmb]

You and I disagree on this MDC because you think Obama is, on the whole, decent or at least not awful, but I really believe he's a monster. Why? An honest man doesn't promise people hope and change and govern according to the status quo. And I refuse to accept those arguments that he wasn't "seasoned enough" or whatever. Obama came out of Chicago politics. He didn't get into the White House by being naive. So, thinking what I do, the practical outcome is to vote third party. And W got in by stealing the election, the Greens didn't do a thing to help him except to give a scant veil of cover (which was clearly bullshit). GMB