Comments on: How Should You Vote?

By: Rose Beardsley

Rose Beardsley — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:26:02 +0000

I am voting for Obama. He IS our best hope for a better America. He will try very hard to fix the mess that President Bush has put in our nation. He has good policies & is inspiring in what he says he will do. McCain WOULD be a disaster, along with that Sarah Palin woman who is incompentant. i watched ALOT of the political coverage on both candidates & i am convinced that Obama Is the better man to be our NEXT president.!

By: Tom Yager

Tom Yager — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:03:54 +0000

Vote for McKinney and help to build an alternative to the two-party system. Nader is good, but McKinney is better because a vote for her helps to build the Green Party.

By: rosemarie jackowski

rosemarie jackowski — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:03:10 +0000

Great article !
I agree that voters should vote their conscience. Voting for the least of the less got us where we are.
I predict that 90% + will vote for more of the same. The 90% will get what they deserve. The rest of us will have voted for Nader but will pay the same price as the uninformed voters.
Just one more observation – if Obama wins, the anti-war voice will be silenced. More troops will go to Afghanistan and the left will be in denial.

By: Dave Silver

Dave Silver — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:07:51 +0000

As Brecht said the least fascist (or conservative) ) is still a fascistor
a conservative. The really poisonous political illusion has been and is that the Democratic Party can be part of the solution when it is central to the problem. Support McKionneyand help build an independent politicsl movement/Party. Nader at Wall Street equated dictators,
communist and fascist alike. He also said that corporate greed screws up genuine capitalism. Is there any other kind?

By: Max Shields

Max Shields — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:13:30 +0000

Hue, good question but Godot will get here before you’ll get an answer.

By: Hue Longer

Hue Longer — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:20:38 +0000

so who then are you voting for, DB?

By: Deadbeat

Deadbeat — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:26:56 +0000

I would not conclude that Obama is being “elected” by McCain-Palin. This is not a year for Republicans and if Obama was white Obama would be even further ahead. The unraveling of the economy has more to do with Obama widening his lead.

I don’t think that Ralph Nader is going to be a factor in this year election. I supported Ralph four years ago. The problem is that Nader was unable to build on the momentum from his 2000 campaign. The Left and Nader has been unable to solidify itself into a realistic and viable alternative to the Democrats. In other word Nader & the Left failed to build the kinds of grassroots institution that can continue beyond election day. What will happen to Nader after 2008? Will there be any institutions remaining from the campaign to continue organizing and building solidarity? The answer is no there won’t be anything. This make Nader more of a gadfly rather than someone like a Eugene Debs who had a real party apparatus which is why the government jailed him.

Voting for Nader merely registers ones protest against the system and its policies but in reality such a vote lacks both substance and strength.

By: steve conn

steve conn — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:59:12 +0000

With Obama elected by the moronic McCain-Palin campaign and the forthcoming depression, it is time to send this candidate a firm anti-war and anti-corporate message. That means voting for Ralph Nader.

By: Keila

Keila — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:28:34 +0000

You definitely have your finger on the pulse of Americans on this election. The “Lesser Evil” strategy is exactly what I am personally guilty of. This article is very enlightening and makes complete sense. I plan to vote for Obama with the hope – or perhaps, under the delusion – that his associations with Ayer and Jeremiah Wright might be an important view into Obama’s ACTUAL ideals and beliefs. But insofar as his senate voting record goes, he has not shown even a glimpse of that possibility.
I think most Americans also feel TORN…because they WANT to believe so badly that Obama’s promises are real and true.
Our future looks quite grim, but you are correct – there is always hope. And I feel that more than ever, the American people are going through a political AWAKENING, that may hearken a new era of political activism and involvement. Let’s keep hoping…
Thanks!

By: bozhidar bob balkas

bozhidar bob balkas — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:30:37 +0000

voting, and in US especially so, is one of the least important structural member of most governances.
governances remain; govts come and go; most of which depart very little from longstanding policies.
one of the most important structural member in all governance is the education.
if this stud is mostly a miseducation when it comes to foreign policies, it nevertheless is extremely powerful member of any governance.
this is why, in US, canada, elsewhere basic schooling is mandatory and higher education available to some only.
of course, private education is very powerful tool in raising powerful rulers; ab 2-10mn people.
cia, fbi, police, armed services; privately-owned media and military r also by far more important than voting.
i have just voted for NDP. if there was no NDP i wld have voted for the communist party. and if there wasn’t the communist party available, i wld not vote.
if i was an amer, i wld not only vote for nader, i wld also donate money/time to his policies.