>>>>>>>>Best zinger of all 3 debates? Horses and bayonets. I literally LOL'd.
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>>>>>>>>I can understand pro-Obama supporters, and I can understand anti-Obama people. I get their philosophical differences. I get voting for Obama because you believe in his vision. I get voting for Romney because you think anything is better than Obama.
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>>>>>>>>What I genuinely can't understand is how anybody can truly be behind Romney. A vote for Romney is like voting for a question mark. What does Romney stand for? Who the hell knows.
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>>>>>>>>He was pro-choice, and then he wasn't.
>>>>>>>>He was pro stem-cell research, and then he wasn't.
>>>>>>>>He was a hunter, and then he wasn't.
>>>>>>>>He was pro public health ins, and then he wasn't.
>>>>>>>>He was pro gun-control, and then he wasn't.
>>>>>>>>He was for inflation increases on min. wage, and then he wasn't.
>>>>>>>>He doesn't want to return to Reagan-Bush, and then Reagan was his hero.
>>>>>>>>He was an interventionist, until last night's debate.
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>>>>>>>I think that Romney has proven what he stands for. He will say anything to get elected. Should he be successful, the voters will get what they deserve.
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>>>>>>Don't vote. It only encourages them.
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>>>>>If you don't vote, you can't bitch about the results. You don't get to make a decision by not making a decision and then not liking the decision that was made because it isn't the decision you would have made, but you chose not to make a decision.
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>>>>If you don't vote you can still bitch about the results, the government, and anything else you wish to complain about. Abstention is also an electors opinion.
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>>>Just not a useful one.
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>>Not necessarily. A low poll is a useful warning to politicians that they are not engaging with the majority of voters and they need to up their game.
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>If Congress isn't getting the message from their 17% approval rating I'm afraid they are immune to such. They would rather have someone not vote than to vote for a challenger. Voting for a third party may send a message, because it is a message from a voter. But not voting at all says, literally, nothing.

I disagree, voting for a third party gives the third party the illusion of support. I don't think any politician would ever admit they get votes because they are the least bad choice. Maybe a spoiled vote is better than just not showing up to vote t all.

BTW your election does seem to be going down to the wire. Most USA visitors I meet over here are democrats ans have voted so. Maybe thats because Republicans don't travel :-)