And now, the waiting

[unixronin]

I have cast my votes, with reasonable confidence that they were registered.  Not one single vote that I cast was cast based upon the party affiliation of the candidate.  I voted for candidates and positions on issues, not on party affiliation, and where there was little to choose on that score, I tried to distribute my votes to maximize balance between the major parties, both at the State and Federal level.

This worked out meaning that my votes for both US Senate and US Congress happened to go to Republicans.  My Senate vote went that way because the incumbent saw the banking crisis coming and tried to avert it, and because the challenger is a damned liar.  My Congressional vote went that way because the incumbent is useless deadweight, while the challenger supports the Fair Tax.  On the other hand, it also meant my vote for Governor went to the Democratic incumbent, because he's doing a good job and I'd like him to continue doing so, and because his principal opponent intends to introduce both a sales tax and an income tax to a state that currently has neither.

This leaves the Presidential race.  I could not in good conscience vote for Obama, principally because I don't believe he's being honest about his direction.  Neither could I in good conscience vote for McCain, because he doesn't appear to even HAVE a coherent direction.  Bob Barr, the "official" Libertarian candidate on the ballot, is a Libertarian in name only, while Ralph Nader is a self-serving wingnut.

So what could I do but write in Ron Paul and Mike Gravel?  If nothing else, if enough people do it, maybe it'll send a message that we've had our fill of partisan squabbling and mudslinging.

Comments

[yndy.livejournal.com]

my respect for you only increased after reading this... :)

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

[fruitylips.livejournal.com]

Does New Hampshire require write-ins to be registered and what not?

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Write-in votes in New Hampshire are not required to be registered on a write-in list, and all are counted.

[http://users.livejournal.com/crossfire_/]

I salute you. You voted your conscience as best you could, in an informed and intelligent way. That, my friend, is what the right to vote is all about.

[rosencrantz23.livejournal.com]

I salute your voting principles.

And so do the Unsmiling Bearded Men for Ron Paul (http://demiurgent.livejournal.com/229055.html).

[jilara.livejournal.com]

"Of course the system is rigged, but if you don't play, how do you expect to win?" or something like that. --Lazarus Long

I distinctly respect the vote for Ron Paul. (I voted for Shirley Chisholm in the '72 election.)

[rosencrantz23.livejournal.com]

Canada Bill Jones is said to have had the following conversation while sitting a card table:

Observer: You know that the game's rigged, right?
CBJ: Of course I do. But it's the only game in town.