I do not believe you’re going to teach anyone a “lesson” by sitting this one out or writing in Fred Thompson or Sunny Lucas. I believe that way too many people are ignoring the forest for the trees and that in doing so, they’re going to have a hand in electing Obama. Some say that’s fine because if the country’s going to be “ruined”, better that it’s ruined by a Democrat, and somehow magically we’ll come up with a fantastic, “real” conservative in 4 years even though there is no one like that on the horizon and everyone knows it. Like I said, I think that’s a super-crappy plan.
And when you consider that there’s a war on, it’s becomes even crappier, if that’s possible. I’m a pretty conservative guy and I disagree with McCain on plenty of things. The crybaby contingent of Republicans, who prefer to “punish” the country because they can’t re-elect the ghost of Ronald Reagan, are really getting on my nerves. They have elevated their own base self-interest and petty squabbles above the needs of the country, and for members of the party that that is unforgivable.
That thinking isn’t limited to conservatives.
“Well it doesn’t really matter, so I’m not voting.”
“Our country is screwed anyway.”
The way to ‘teach’ both parties is by voting for someone else, but that only works if a large portion of the likely voters do so.
Sadly that wont happen since the system is setup to keep the 2 dominate parties in power, no matter how much they F up.
What people that really want ‘change’ should do is take a look at the Green, Constitution and Libertarian party platforms and see which one best fits your beliefs. Vote for them regardless on who the donkeys and elephants select to run.