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    Default I'll be voting Libertarian...

    Change my mind...

    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    Change my mind...


    Sounds good. One less vote for Trump.

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    You can save the trouble and stay home.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    Change my mind...

    Do you know your candidate, yet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantasmal View Post
    Do you know your candidate, yet?
    Jo Jorgensen, first woman to be nominated by the Libertarians.
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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    - -- The Buddha

    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    Jo Jorgensen
    Thanks, have to check them out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantasmal View Post
    Thanks, have to check them out.
    She's the first woman nominated by the party.
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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    - -- The Buddha

    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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    voting 3rd party for POTUS is a complete waste. stay home.

    I vote 3rd party for local elections -they need all the help they can get.
    and supporting a grass roots libertarian is a good idea

    But a national election determines the direction of the country -do you care about the direction of the county?
    apparently not. My advice is think which man you want as POTUS -if you still don't GAF -
    then go ahead and waste your vote.

    But if you see a difference between Biden or Trump -vote the difference

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    Change my mind...

    2 party system. Doesn't really do anything.
    Keep changing the names. It doesn't change the meaning.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    She's the first woman nominated by the party.
    I just read that, thanks. It seems according to Newsweek she is picking up steam.

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    You mean you'll be voting for Trump.
    When I die, turn me into a brick and use me to cave in the skull of a fascist


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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    Jo Jorgensen, first woman to be nominated by the Libertarians.
    I voted for Gary Johnson in '16. I would have voted for Justin Amash had he run in '20. I need to know more about Jorgensen. I saw a tweet of hers that supported the Kendi Abraham anti-racism movement which made no sense to me considering Araham would consider a fair amount of what Libertarians support as racist.

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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    voting 3rd party for POTUS is a complete waste. stay home.

    I vote 3rd party for local elections -they need all the help they can get.
    and supporting a grass roots libertarian is a good idea

    But a national election determines the direction of the country -do you care about the direction of the county?
    apparently not. My advice is think which man you want as POTUS -if you still don't GAF -
    then go ahead and waste your vote.

    But if you see a difference between Biden or Trump -vote the difference
    I'm sure each City/State is different, but at least for us we have generally have a large number of state and local ballot measures to vote on so it is worth turning out regardless of whether you vote for the President or not. When they're trying to pass multiple bond measures totaling billions of dollars that raise your taxes you want a say in it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cawacko View Post
    I'm sure each City/State is different, but at least for us we have generally have a large number of state and local ballot measures to vote on so it is worth turning out regardless of whether you vote for the President or not. When they're trying to pass multiple bond measures totaling billions of dollars that raise your taxes you want a say in it.
    "stay at home" is a political meme -i used it that way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cawacko View Post
    I voted for Gary Johnson in '16. I would have voted for Justin Amash had he run in '20. I need to know more about Jorgensen. I saw a tweet of hers that supported the Kendi Abraham anti-racism movement which made no sense to me considering Araham would consider a fair amount of what Libertarians support as racist.
    What a waste of a vote, I would not tell anyone, I voted for Gary Johnson, in reality you voted for Trump?!!

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