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  • Posted by bsmith51 8 years ago
    With whom do you best identify?: Dagny Taggart, trying her best to keep the motor running, or John Galt, who realizes the futility of such action?
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 8 years ago
    Why would you vote for a candidate that does not reflect your views?

    Of course, you will always get the sheep who say "Not voting is a vote for (insert name of their arch enemy here)", and there are also the ones who prefer you to vote for evil by "voting for the lesser of 2 evils", but seriously - if you can't align yourself with a candidate, why would you vote for someone who doesn't represent your views.

    It IS true you then get stuck with who the sheep have determined will be your leader for 4+ years, which may not be a good thing - but you will be able to sleep at night.
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    • Posted by term2 8 years ago
      Consider what a vote in a mob rule election really means. Unless you are either in the majority, or a major minority, your vote is ignored and you wasted your time voting. No one cares about you "making a stand".

      In this election, either Hillary or Trump will be the next president. There are no other realistic choices. We get one or the other. So pick the one who will do the job of president better for the next 4 years.

      In this election its either a crooked career politician, and a businessman who can offer some change from the status quo based on his success in business. We have already tried the career politicians, and how has that worked? Time for something new.
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  • Posted by LibertyBelle 8 years ago
    Clinton or Trump? Like it or not, (and, in my case,
    it's "not"), we are going to get stuck with one of
    those two. We have no choice about that. But the
    choice is pretty much: certain death (Clinton), or
    Russian roulette (Trump). a slightly better chance
    with Russian roulette.
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  • Posted by RichardPoirier 8 years ago
    Although there certainly are circumstances when not voting is a principled ethical stand, for example if either choice results in equivalent evil, or when it simply does not matter who wins and your choosing to not vote represents a stand against the electoral process and those running for office.
    However, those circumstances do not apply to the current election. It does matter who wins as we will be feeling the effect of each candidate’s philosophy for years, perhaps decades. One candidate wants to protect the Constitution; the other wants to interpret it based on party agenda without regard to national adverse consequences. One candidate wants poor people and middle-class people to become rich. The other candidate wants poor people and the dwindling middle-class to remain poor so they will need government handouts to sustain themselves, thus remaining psychologically indebted to the party that provides free stuff.
    The perspective and values of millennials and tweens who will inherit positions of authority someday are at stake. How you vote next week will influence who influences them and our country’s future. Your vote counts. Even if you do not live in a swing state and your vote does not affect the electoral college outcome, your vote still affects the populate vote, which makes a lasting statement of whether we give voice to our principles or have just given up without a fight to the end. Please vote.
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  • Posted by editormichael 8 years ago
    NOT voting will change nothing.
    You can vote for Gary Johnson and actually make a -- however small -- difference.
    And all the other offices, such as Congress, state legislature, are important too, and you should vote for anyone who promises less government and more freedom.
    Remember: NOT voting just makes the professional politicians giggle and it won't help anyone else.
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  • Posted by recker1 8 years ago
    i think not voting is justified because Donald is a vulgar man who thinks his voter are stupid, and Hillary is not a moral person to run our country.
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  • Posted by chad 8 years ago
    You are assuming that once the supreme court justices are nominated they will be approved. I also don't think Trump will really be any better than Shillary, just different.
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    • Posted by Dobrien 8 years ago
      Hi Chad ,
      Please offer the basis for doubting Trump would "not be any better than Shillary"
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      • Posted by chad 8 years ago
        Behavior is the best indicator of a persons intent and character, not what they say. Trump used his influence to 'buy' the Clintons when they were selling to him. He has abused the constitution to remove private property from individuals through the use of 'law' offering those in power more revenue if he owned the property and now he claims that he will 'swing' the other way and protect property rights. He is more likely to find a judge who will rule in his favor while claiming to be in favor of the constitution. After observing and fighting this nonsense for 47 years (started when I was 20) I have observed that despite promises made by either party the leadership continues to move the country toward more socialism. The only differences between either party was what they promised, what they delivered has always been the same.
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        • Posted by Dobrien 8 years ago
          Hi Chad ,
          I am not a defender against your claim "Trump used his influence to buy the Clintons when they were selling to him." I am not familiar with what Trumps influence as a currency that Clinton's could use and what the Clintons gave Trump in return. How did Trump abuse the constitution?
          By hiring effective lawyers to guide and enable his projects to be constructed is part of business today and is rational.
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  • Posted by maxsilver 8 years ago
    Too bad there is not a choice for "None of the Above". Legitimizing a corrupt government by voting in a corrupt election is putting your stamp of approval on the entire mess. Elections are no longer a viable method of selecting leaders because so few are engaged the process. However if we look at the social media of today we find just about everyone in the world engaged. We need to figure out how to turn the election process into a social process.
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    • Posted by Dobrien 8 years ago
      "We need to figure out how to turn the election process into a social process".
      The solution is to change the collectivist philosophy in the country....
      We need people with the intent to live their lives with ethical self-interest ,people have to shrug the brain washing that relentlessly attacks the reasoning of individuals and stops rational thought.
      We need to vote Trump to avoid a strengthened verifiable corrupt leftist statist Clinton so we can work on the above.
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  • Posted by DeanStriker 8 years ago
    I won't be voting for any would-be president.
    Nobody on the ballot decrees to end collectivism, regardless of the moniker. America and most of this planet has become die-hard collectives; witness 2012 with 98% voted for exactly that.
    Now it's way too late to bother with choosing from lesser evils. Global collapse is now the future. Hillary will assure it, and the Donald can do little better.
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  • Posted by Donald-Brian-Lehoux 8 years ago
    write-in candidate. mrpresident2016.com is a veteran and a working man
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    • Posted by tripodics 8 years ago
      Write-ins do not count in most states!

      Since nobody votes directly for President, but only votes for Presidential Electors, the Board of Elections discards votes for anyone who has not officially filed to be an Elector.

      (In several previous elections, and especially in 1976, tens of thousands of Presidential votes were voided because the write-ins were not the name of an officially-filed Elector!)
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      • Posted by Donald-Brian-Lehoux 8 years ago
        according to American law a written declaration is valid. I will not dispute the "fact?" that the ballots were thrown out. I have never heard what you have said as being legal canyon give me more information?
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        • Posted by tripodics 8 years ago
          Write-ins for anyone other than a person who is eligible for office are considered void under NY Election Law. [I have often witnessed Boards of Elections discarding such ballots.]

          To be eligible, the person named must be a registered voter (and "Mickey Mouse" is not eligible).

          A Presidential Write-In must name all of the electors -- NOT the candidate to whom they are pledged.

          Everyone on a slate of Presidential Electors must be eligible, and the slate must include electors from each CD in the state (plus two statewide). [In 2008, I was in charge of the team that vetted and prepared the slate of NY electors for Ron Paul, so I'm very familiar with this requirement.]
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          • Posted by Donald-Brian-Lehoux 8 years ago
            To be qualified by AMERICAN CONSTITUTION you must be 35 years old, Born in America and have no lived outside the U.S. for 14 years. The Constitution is the Supreme law of the land and it says so in Article 2 paragraph 6. 16 Am JM page 267? any law contrary to the Constitution is null and void.
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            • Posted by tripodics 8 years ago
              I think you miss the point.
              Qualifications for President are not the issue.
              nobody can serve as President unless so qualified, but that has nothing to do with how a President is elected.

              Nobody can vote directly for President, except for the Presidential Electors who, according to the Constitution, are chosen by whatever mechanism each state decides.

              Most states have chosen to allow citizens to vote for Electors (altho the Constitution does not require that), but most states have "regulated" the election of Presidential Electors so that votes are counted for Electors only if the Elector is duly registered (and, in many cases, only if they have filed candidacy forms!)

              Furthermore, in over thirty states, voters in a Congressional District are disenfranchised and no longer allowed to choose their own Presidential Elector to represent them; instead, these states have a corrupt "winner-takes-all" system, whereby 100% of the states' Electors go to the slate of Electors that receives a statewide plurality.

              The Constitutional qualifications you cite apply only to the person chosen by the Electoral College, and state laws regarding the choice of electors are not affected in any way by those provisions.

              In short, most states consider write-in votes null and void if they fail to specify the names of Electors who are duly qualified -- which means that the Electors (not the candidate the are pledged to) is a registered voter (and, in most states, has filed paper of candidacy to be an Elector).
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  • Posted by $ rjim 8 years ago
    I don't think you are justified. You are saying as an American citizen I not do my duty and I will just follow the crowd and I don't care what happens.
    From my perspective, you may be allowing a criminal to be elected to the WH. It sounds like to me that you have not done your due diligence in researching who to vote. You may want to view this -Please consider this view point from Israel.

    SPECIAL MESSAGE CONCERNING TRUMP

    I do not know the man in this video, but one of our correspondents sent
    this to me, and I feel compelled in my spirit to forward it on now to you.
    Please take the time to watch this short message. It was recorded only a
    couple of days ago, and as I write this, it has already been viewed nearly
    three million times on Facebook and YouTube.
    We believe this video has been so widely viewed for a reason. Perhaps God
    is using it to send His people a message.

    < https://www.youtube.com/ embed/hPp9P7_JpCs?rel=0; controls=0;showinfo=0>
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  • Posted by RichardPoirier 8 years ago
    Although there certainly are circumstances when not voting is a principled ethical stand, for example if either choice results in equivalent evil, or when it simply does not matter who wins and your choosing to not vote represents a stand against the electoral process and those running for office.
    However, those circumstances do not apply to the current election. It does matter who wins as we will be feeling the effect of each candidate’s philosophy for years, perhaps decades. One candidate wants to protect the Constitution; the other wants to interpret it based on party agenda without regard to national adverse consequences. One candidate wants poor people and middle-class people to become rich. The other candidate wants poor people and the dwindling middle-class to remain poor so they will need government handouts to sustain themselves, thus remaining psychologically indebted to the party that provides free stuff.
    The perspective and values of millennials and tweens who will inherit positions of authority someday are at stake. How you vote next week will influence who influences them and our country’s future. Your vote counts. Even if you do not live in a swing state and your vote does not affect the electoral college outcome, your vote still affects the populate vote, which makes a lasting statement of whether we give voice to our principles or have just given up without a fight to the end. Please vote.
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  • Posted by $ CBJ 8 years ago
    Re: “I am leaning toward not voting for any presidential candidate. Am I justified?” Just be aware of what your choices actually represent. A vote for Johnson is a vote for Hillary, a vote for Hillary is a vote for Trump, and a vote for Trump is a vote for Johnson. A vote for Jill Stein is a vote for nobody, and a vote for nobody is a vote for Jill Stein. All clear? :-)
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    • Posted by term2 8 years ago
      In the end, Trump is the only possibly electable choice this time around. Not voting, or voting for anyone other than Trump, helps Hillary which will be VERY bad for our country and the producers in it.
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      • Posted by tripodics 8 years ago
        Well put (altho it pains me somewhat).

        Johnson-Weld is a disappointment, but I still might vote for them because my vote does not count in New York (because its corrupt winner-takes-all system in my state denies me the right to vote for an Elector to represent my Congressional District).
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    Posted by $ sjatkins 8 years ago
    My opinion is that Trump is so obviously and totally unfit and incapable of being POTUS that we must stop any possibility of that occurring. He is a pathological liar, vindictive, known for treating people around him quite badly in business and out, and throughly ignorant - not only ignorant but profoundly anti-intellectual.

    Putting such into the most powerful political office in the world in completely insane. It must not occur. It would basically be totally defecating on the office of POTUS and any respect for it or for what once really did make America great.

    Now I don't like Hillary either. She, like Trump is a big government statist. Her policy on guns, global warming and noises about "income inequality" are quite disturbing. However, she is a very competent politician and she appears to be quite sane if highly misguided. She has good connections at home and abroad important to the role whereas Trump has pretty much alienated nearly everyone he would have to work closely with as POTUS.

    The only other respectable choice is to vote for Johnson and only if Trump has no chance. Otherwise my opinion is one would be chancing death of much too much that is dear.
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    • Posted by Hawron 8 years ago
      I think you might need to read from a broader base of news stories.
      Hillary is the textbook definition of a Looter, corrupt to the core, selling out the country at every possibly opportunity for her personal gain, a pathological liar, that is incapable of telling the truth or feeling remorse. Totally despises the rule of law and will accelerate the current administration trend of turning the government at all levels into their own private corrupt dictatorship. She also plans openly to take even more from producers to give to those who won't work.

      The only "competent" thing she does in politics is taking bribes and getting ahead... just look at her time in the State Department... she was very competent when it came to getting "donations" to her foundation from all over the world... foreign policy... well Libya and Syria were her ideas... How'd that work out? Any other actual successes you want to attribute to her?

      Trump has his flaws, (Nobody is going to rise to the top of politics that is perfect Ever). But he is leaps and bounds better. He's a tough business man who always tries to get the best deal he can in his own self interest. He will make a much better president for the country than Hillary.

      But if you only listen to "news" sources that are either paid by Hillary or who openly and fanatically endorse her for president, what do you expect to hear?
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    • Posted by Dobrien 8 years ago
      Your description of Trump should read as a description ofHRC you say "Clinton is a competent politition" true if competent means selling USA favors to enrich the Clinton family.
      She has planted in the media outright lies about Trump that people like you are swallowing hook line and sinker. Her good connections with the RINO's and the dems will only mean a green light to continue the destruction of our constitution.
      "It would be totally defecating on the office of the POTUS and any respect for it" to late , the current POTUS has already accomplished that.
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