>>>>>>>Devil's advocate is your way of living ;-) I remember you saying you didn't vote for Obama and took it to mean you voted for McCain. Maybe you threw your vote away.
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>>>>>>>C'mon Mike, everyone's vote is their own...
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>>>>>>I wasn't suggesting otherwise. It's just that voting for someone other than the two serious candidates is, in fact, throwing your vote away.
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>>>>>Not if a majority does it, it isn't.
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>>>>Good point. And when was the last time that happened?
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>>>>I have my utopian moments but a change in our two party system isn't one of them.
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>>>Why not?
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>>I didn't mean I dislike the idea. I just don't consider it at all likely. The two party system is deeply entrenched here.
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>And I suppose it's likely to stay that way unless you change from a 'first past the post' voting system......

First past the post?