Geez.....sounds like a lot of talking heads stating "if you do not vote etc. etc. etc. Sounds like you've all bought into the system hook, line , and sinker. Do you have a mind of your own??? Or are you listening to the politicians telling you to exercise your right to vote? Yup, my forefathers died so I could have these freedoms, but reading some of the posts in here sounds to me that the majority are satisfied with the way things now are. If this is as good as it gets, count me out. Where is the great difference between either of the two candidates? I don't see much of a difference between the two! One is Democrat, one is Republican. I've been voting since 18 year olds were first allowed to cast their ballot<G> showing my age here LOL. There used to be choices in candidates because of the differences between the two! Where are there any major differences? They both have similar political viewpoints! One's a confessed liar, the other running on the shirt tails of his father? Great choices eh? And since there is no great disparity between the two, the only difference between them is which party they are representing. Since neither of them really impresses me, and whoever or whomever is elected is really not going to do anything of difference then the other, what is the big deal over not casting a ballot when it will make no difference anyway? someday, during the state primaries, when the nation gets fed up with the gridlock, finger pointing, highly partisan politics, and corruption in government,the people of this country will show their displeasure with the status quo, and elect officials to run for the house,senate, or presidency of different parties, or at least the idea that the candidates have better ideas and programs. Until that time,we are stuck with the status quo, you like NAFTA? You've got it, the domestic steel industry as an example is suffering greatly because of illegaly dumped steel. That's only one example. The technology industries are just starting to feel the pinch also, there are more industries just starting to feel the effect of a "World Economy." Most of us make a good wage, let's hope that continues,because if I were an industrialist, and I could get a product made out of country for 50% less and got tax breaks from that country so I could build facilities there to manufacture with tax breaks and cheap labor, it only makes sense to do so. We need change from our president in many areas, with the two we have running now there is only the status quo! If you like it the way it is, it really doesn't
matter for which of these two candidates you cast your ballot. At least for this Presidential election, I have more important things to do then give my endorsement to the way things are.
Eagler...to respond to your point about the electoral college, as I recall, at least one
president, maybe more has won the Presidency by wining the electoral college, but did not win the majority of the popular vote. So much for getting elected by the majority eh?
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