I vote every election. Local, state, national.

 

 

If being forthright and honest is important to you, how do you choose your candidate...especiall at the state and national levels? No politician at that level is completely forthright and honest, IMO.

If being forthright and honest is important to you, how do you choose your candidate...especiall at the state and national levels? No politician at that level is completely forthright and honest, IMO.

 

Then you hold your nose and pick the ones that are less so. My disdain for Obama is well known and I make no effort to hide it. That said he has far exceeded my expectations for sheer arrogance and duplicity in the way he's handling his second term. During the last election I said that Obama as a lame duck scared me to death since he didn't have to "worry" about winning another election, so far it looks like my fears were well founded. I only hope that nationwide Americans are smart enough to keep at least the house in Republican hands (I know the people of Louisville aren't smart enough to fire Yarmuth but I won't help him, I don't care who runs against him) in 2014. With 2 years of Obama, Pelosi and Reed in charge we'll be opening up the collectives all across the country by 2015.

It's almost like these people are taunting and daring and doing nearly everything they can to cause us to vote for a third party candidate and then laugh in our faces as we (the majority of the electorate) continue to vote R or D.

 

Unfortunately the system is rigged for a two party system. Rigged may be strong but it what happens since 'coalitions' are not part of the US political landscape in some European countries or Israel.

 

Parties did come and go in the early US. Whigs, etc. But now we have these two monsters. And they have centralized the power so much.

 

The straight line party votes show this. Individual congress members are afraid to not or told to vote the party line. Either way it seems they are not true to themselves or their 'constituents'. I use Ben Chandler as an example. Ben was not a liberal, at least I did not view him as such. He represents a fairly conservative district and was probably considered a Blue Dog most of the time there. But on two key votes you can see the arm twisting in action - Ben voted against ACHA (Obamacare). Pelosi had the votes and did not need him. So he got the pass. On the coal bill Ben voted with the leadership when clearly this was a good representation of his 'constituents'. I think Pelosi told him how to vote that. And it cost him politically.

 

Just one example of many. But just look at the party line votes. I think they far too common and show a lack of respect of The People by the branch of Federal government that is supposed to be most responsive to the actual People.

If being forthright and honest is important to you, how do you choose your candidate...especiall at the state and national levels? No politician at that level is completely forthright and honest, IMO.

 

I do my research and pick who I consider the most honest that holds my beliefs.

 

For instance, I will never vote for a politician that supports the murder of a fetus. Period.

It's almost like these people are taunting and daring and doing nearly everything they can to cause us to vote for a third party candidate and then laugh in our faces as we (the majority of the electorate) continue to vote R or D.

 

Preaching to the choir.

 

Any yet, you will continue to get the "Well, I'm going to vote for the (D) or the ®, because an independent/3rd party vote is wasted" mantra.