I am hearing it will be my fault if Stymie gets reelected because I refuse to cast a vote for Romney or gNewt.
Your fault? You, personally?
No. But I will fault a center right candidate who does run third party. I fault Perot for giving us Clinton. Twice. The stakes are just higher this time.
This is where I get frustrated...I disagree that Perot in and of himself gave us Clinton, if G.H.W. Bush had not betrayed Reaganism and told the Dem's to stick tax hikes up their butts, I think he would have won easily over both Perot & Clinton. So the problem was a flawed, establishment candidate.
Establishment candidate ought to be the key phrase people direct their full attention on!
"We all should do as our conscience dictates."
"Choose wisely."
I fully agree! And my conscience will not allow me to accept the status quo or a Ruling Class/establishment candidate, period. Ownership of any results after the fact are the sole responsibility of how people voted in the primaries. I will go to my caucus, I will try to influence other voters as best I can, I will use the electoral process as long as the electoral process is functional...but I cannot guarantee people act as I do, think as I do, or vote as I do...I will do what I can, but I am planning for the worst, not because I wish for it, but because it is prudent to do so and the odds appear tilted that direction to me.
In this system people have the right to make totally stupid decisions, it has been demonstrated on more than one occasion and no doubt will be demonstrated again...