cynthia mckinney 2008 :D

[beautifulcracks]

my vote is gonna go to one ms. cynthia mckinney this november. i don't agree with that bullshit that a vote for a third-party candidate is a waste. to me, the only wasted votes are the ones that aren't cast. i think the point of an election should be to vote for the person that most closely represents your ideals. i mean, what the fuck, i can walk

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[beautifulcracks]

you know, it's not that i don't agree with ralph nader's politics, because i do. but to me, the thing that has always rubbed me wrong about ralph nader (at least as a presidential candidate) is that i've never felt that he runs because he genuinely WANTS to be president, but rather because he wants to shake up the system (which is something it needs - don't get me wrong). that's the vibe i get from him, anyhow.

also, cynthia mckinney excites me - ralph nader doesn't have that same affect on me. and i like that she has foreign policy/relations experience, and that even in her days as a house member, she was a mainstream politican.

that being said...i think ralph nader is a good human being and i have a lot of respect for him.

i just think it's important for people to vote for the person that truly appeals the most to them, instead of just decide between the two major party candidates (if the one that appeals most to someone happens to be one of the major candidates, that's cool too).

i wonder if more people would venture out of the two-party ticket if they were more aware of the other options, or if most people would still vote for one of the two? what do you think?

[lorigrrl]

Well, I totally think that you should vote your conscience. I think that the media has made a point of making ralph nader look bad. they've mostly ignored cynthia mckinney sadly. if you look at the stories they run about nader and his trying to get coverage they actually covered animal stories more than they did nader. and that was the point he was trying to make! how terribly demeaning. i think he's made out to be someone who is just trying to swing the vote... which while it's true he's trying to change the system and maybe that is part of it... i think after running this many times he has a better idea of what it's going to take to get there. he has alot of experience as a citizen activist and if it weren't for him we probably wouldnt have seat belts, osha, you know basic safety standards...

i guess i just feel like he thinks like me and that i'm not the only one when i listen to him speak. i don't get that vibe quite as strongly from cynthia mckinney though i do totally respect her house experience. she totally got screwed over for doing what's right.

the sad thing is, even though they have the publics best interest at heart, they hold closer views to the people than most of the politicians we'll see run by the two parties... without being able to get into the debates they have no chance of getting wide enough coverage to be able to get noticed by people who don't have the ability to look them up on youtube and go to their websites, sift through voting records... the people who need help the most, ones who work two jobs, three jobs, have a lot of mouths to feed and not enough money and honestly dont have the time or inclination to read between the lines because they've been so disenfranchised.

i personally think, and this is just my opinion... even if everyone knew what the third party candidates stood for and were aware of the corruption of the two main candidates... unless they felt like the third party candidates had a chance... alot of them would still vote against their own best interest. i hear it all the time "well i can't throw my vote away". people don't realize that you can't change the system that is keeping people out by just wishing it would be that way. you have to step out of your comfort zone and do something! okay, sorry about being rambly and ranting. i'm going to have to do more cynthia mckinney research now. heheheh.