Participating in the election process and deliberately not choosing a candidate is not the worst thing one can do in my mind.. maybe you are only discussing completely opting out of the process?
Well, that's how I interpret it. Going fishing on election day to me means that one won't vote at all. In my not so humble opinion, I think not voting at all is the worst a citizen can do for one's country when it comes down to it that isn't criminal.
How in the world does one think Ted Kennedy is still a member of Congress? Because the sheeple STILL vote for that guy. Can't stand his issues? VOTE HIM OUT!
I don't know about other states' laws, but there's always the blank spot to fill in a candidate of your choice if you don't like the nominees. Granted, the likelyhood of the candidate that you write in won't be elected. But, how else is the politicians going to see the wrongdoing if they don't see the RESULTS of an actual voting?
Kayak, I don't mean to go OT, but I'd like to spend a brief moment on this. If you disagree, I will delete my post...no questions asked.
As much as I don't want to use Ron Paul for an example, it may actually be the best:
What if RP doesn't get the nomination? OK, so all of the people that support him writes his name in on general election day anyway...What message would it send to the govt. if they see, say, 20% of the voters pick him? Imagine, 1 in 5 voted for a person not even on one of the big tickets. The only way to be a voice is to vote. I do admit, some supporters of Paul drive me up the wall. BUT, at least they're doing their patriotic duty in actively performing a grass-roots campaign. Imagine if all the people that are sick and disgusted with their represented politicians had HALF the motivation these people have. Congress may not have ended up the way it is now. We might have had some darn good leaders in there doing the right thing for once.
Whether the attitude of it won't make a difference or not isn't the point. It's the principle. We, IMO, have a DUTY to vote. You don't have to vote for the person on the Rep. or Dem. ticket. JUST VOTE. My opinion is that if one doesn't vote, one doesn't really hold as much credibility on the gripe factor when things go south in the future. To be blatanly honest, I personally can't stand hearing people bellyache about the current state of our union day in and day out but doesn't do anything about it to change the representatives of the people. They just want others to get off their butts, spend 5 measly minutes filling in the dots with a No. 2 pencil to participate in the future well being of our country.
But, what am I thinking....this country is chocked full of apathetic people that want to blame others except themselves.
Now, back to Huckabee's for me, by KayakerSteve...