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In response to Captain Ed's article I left this comment. First a snippet of a well reasoned article instead of the usual polemic which compares people with my views to Kos kidz...course what else would we expect from Captain Ed.
Captain's QuartersBy all means, if faced with a choice between Hitler and Mussolini on the November ballot, I would choose to write in Winston Churchill. However, the notion that we face that kind of choice is really nothing more than an expression of anger resulting in futility. It's eminently understandable, but it results in disaster. The only evil that we likely face is that the American electorate has grown so dismissive of the political process that it may squander its birthright. People across the political spectrum need to stay engaged in the process through the vote in order to get a government that most truly represents us -- and if we don't like the final choices presented us, then we must work harder in the next cycle to ensure that the final choices improve
Captain,
The only problem I see with your hypothesis is it takes away the only leverage those of us unhappy with the Republican party have. For if they know I will vote for them no matter what sort of violation to Conservative Values they put up for election then my desire for small less intrusive government is lost. My voice is not heard.
Contrary to what many declare by avoiding to vote I have made my voice as clear as those who have voted. I have chosen to declare that neither side has the sort of answers I want to see. My responsibility in the matter is to be clear to my party what it is about them that I find so wrongheaded. I believe I have done that in repeated phone calls, in responses for donations, in articles and in every other fashion possible.
They have chosen to ignore my wishes. I can do nothing else at this stage than to avoid honoring their wishes.
The immigration solution being bandied about in Congress right now does not meet my criteria of a solution. That issue is important enough to me to have me sit it out. My sitting it out will mean no money, no volunteering and no vote. The Republican party has gambled that no matter what they do I will answer their call for help, money and a vote. They have misread me. The question will others feel the same way I do and sit it out and if they do can the Republicans succeed with their new voting bloc the illegals...ooops the undocumented Americans.
Pierre Reference Article
Pierre Legrand @ 5/13/2006 08:57:57 AMCaptain's QuartersBy all means, if faced with a choice between Hitler and Mussolini on the November ballot, I would choose to write in Winston Churchill. However, the notion that we face that kind of choice is really nothing more than an expression of anger resulting in futility. It's eminently understandable, but it results in disaster. The only evil that we likely face is that the American electorate has grown so dismissive of the political process that it may squander its birthright. People across the political spectrum need to stay engaged in the process through the vote in order to get a government that most truly represents us -- and if we don't like the final choices presented us, then we must work harder in the next cycle to ensure that the final choices improve
Captain,
The only problem I see with your hypothesis is it takes away the only leverage those of us unhappy with the Republican party have. For if they know I will vote for them no matter what sort of violation to Conservative Values they put up for election then my desire for small less intrusive government is lost. My voice is not heard.
Contrary to what many declare by avoiding to vote I have made my voice as clear as those who have voted. I have chosen to declare that neither side has the sort of answers I want to see. My responsibility in the matter is to be clear to my party what it is about them that I find so wrongheaded. I believe I have done that in repeated phone calls, in responses for donations, in articles and in every other fashion possible.
They have chosen to ignore my wishes. I can do nothing else at this stage than to avoid honoring their wishes.
The immigration solution being bandied about in Congress right now does not meet my criteria of a solution. That issue is important enough to me to have me sit it out. My sitting it out will mean no money, no volunteering and no vote. The Republican party has gambled that no matter what they do I will answer their call for help, money and a vote. They have misread me. The question will others feel the same way I do and sit it out and if they do can the Republicans succeed with their new voting bloc the illegals...ooops the undocumented Americans.
Pierre Reference Article
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