Frank Ettin
Administrator
I've heard that sort of nonsense for years, and it's just that -- nonsense and cheap rationalization. On the first Wednesday in November, either Obama (or Hillary) or McCain will be president. Those are the two choices. All your excuses and spin won't change that. If you don't choose McCain, you choose Obama.
Yes, I'm tired of the lesser of two evils, but I still prefer the lesser evil to the greater. And when you come right down to it, every election is a choice between the lesser of two evils for someone. If Ron Paul were the Republican nominee, he would have been the lesser evil for some Republicans. If Romney were the the Republican nominee, he would have been the lesser evil for some. When Reagan was elected, he was no doubt the lesser evil for some Republicans.
It will always be thus. There will always be people for whom none of the available choices are perfect. But when that happens, you can still either choose the least imperfect or take your marbles and go home in a huff because you haven't been presented with your perfect choice. But politics is always a compromise.
And I've not only been listening for years to people rant about having to choose between the lesser of two evils and claiming that by refusing to make such a choice they will change something. Well as far as I can see, such strategy hasn't changed anything yet. I doubt that it every will, because it will always be a choice between a greater and lesser evil for some people.
Whatever label you want to put on McCain, he is clearly more liberal than many conservatives like. But the great irony is that the all you hard line conservatives by refusing to vote for McCain help elect someone who is even far more liberal and with whom conservative interests will have no influence.
Yes, I'm tired of the lesser of two evils, but I still prefer the lesser evil to the greater. And when you come right down to it, every election is a choice between the lesser of two evils for someone. If Ron Paul were the Republican nominee, he would have been the lesser evil for some Republicans. If Romney were the the Republican nominee, he would have been the lesser evil for some. When Reagan was elected, he was no doubt the lesser evil for some Republicans.
It will always be thus. There will always be people for whom none of the available choices are perfect. But when that happens, you can still either choose the least imperfect or take your marbles and go home in a huff because you haven't been presented with your perfect choice. But politics is always a compromise.
And I've not only been listening for years to people rant about having to choose between the lesser of two evils and claiming that by refusing to make such a choice they will change something. Well as far as I can see, such strategy hasn't changed anything yet. I doubt that it every will, because it will always be a choice between a greater and lesser evil for some people.
Whatever label you want to put on McCain, he is clearly more liberal than many conservatives like. But the great irony is that the all you hard line conservatives by refusing to vote for McCain help elect someone who is even far more liberal and with whom conservative interests will have no influence.