Naturalization forms

[unixronin]

Q:  Do you support the Constitution and form of government of the United States?

Reaction every time I see this question: "Yes, but it's a shame the government doesn't."

Comments

Re: Oh yeah......

[batchfile.livejournal.com]

"The gripping hand is, there's so much partisan mudslinging going on in Washington DC these days, how the hell do you ever know to believe anyone about anything?"

that is the one thing i hate about politics. i even avoided voting in several elections due to this dilemma. i did vote in the last one though because i finally figured out that since my vote doesn't count, the least i could do is make it not count in a way that might make folks notice. well, one day they'll notice. i voted third party.
but the day the third party actually has a chance to win i don't know what i'll do.

Re: Oh yeah......

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

i voted third party.
but the day the third party actually has a chance to win i don't know what i'll do.

I'm hoping the day that happens, I've got my citizenship and can add my vote. Assuming the third party you had in mind is Libertarian.

Re: Oh yeah......

[batchfile.livejournal.com]

yes sir. very libertarian.

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[olafthunderfoot.livejournal.com]

we voted for Badnarik last presidential election!

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[anda.livejournal.com]

yeah, I vote third-party for much the same reason.

Many peopl I know whine about how voting for a third-party just wastes a vote, since they can't possibly win, but that they -might- vote for one -if- they might actually win.

Not, of course, realizing that, if they all just sucked it up and voted for a third party, those odds might change.

So I vote third party in the futile effort to boost numbers of votes, hoping to encourage them to join me.

Re: Oh yeah......

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I fail to understand why supposedly-intelligent, supposedly-educated people are too stupid to see that "I'm not voting for them because they don't have any chance of winning" is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
As I've observed before, the Repudemoblicrats -- or Repulsocrats, I like that -- can stay in power FOREVER just so long as they can keep 51% of the electorate voting for the lesser of two evils. I don't fucking care how much you [not you, that's a rhetorical "you"] justify and rationalize your maintenance of the rotten status quo by saying you're voting for the lesser evil to keep the greater evil out; it's time to admit that if you voted for the lesser evil, YOU VOTED FOR EVIL.

Re: Oh yeah......

[7leaguebootdisk.livejournal.com]

It is usually obvious if your vote has a hope of making a difference. President being the obvious one, only if you live in a swing state is there any chance it will matter at all, and even then, it is extremely unlikely. The smaller the race, the less acurate the polling, so I can see not being the knee jerk Libertarian that I usually am.

I see elections as the ultimate public opinion poll, and that is why voting your heart is the right choice, it isn't a horse race, you don't get money because you voted for the winner.

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[richspk.livejournal.com]

I may get bitter if a third party candidate gets votes that *could* have meant victory for my favorite candidate, but I'll never fault anyone for voting for their favorite candidate. It's a hell of a lot better than not voting at all!