consider the undeniable fact that you are insane and should vote for somebody else and never, under any circumstance, as you value your soul, support this man.<\/a>\u00a0 If you can\u2019t vote for Romney in good conscience then you are in good company: neither can I.\u00a0 But there are candidates out there who are not advocating grave and intrinsic evil.\u00a0 Why throw your vote away on a man you will only feel regret and shame for supporting?<\/p>\nFunniest part: Friedersdorf is told *exactly* the same thing by Obama partisans that I am: he\u2019s *really* voting for Romney if he doesn\u2019t vote Obama; he\u2019s a \u201cpurist\u201d because he won\u2019t support cold-blooded murder of innocents; he must, in short, sacrifice his conscience for the sake of the Party.\u00a0 I don\u2019t agree with his choice of Johnson, but I find it hilarious that both parties use the same fear-mongering rhetoric to keep us in line and afraid of the Bogey man.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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