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Prissy Purist!
\nYou *have* to vote for the less of two evils!
\nYou are secretly supporting the Other Guy!
\nIt\u2019s simple math! If you don\u2019t vote for him, you vote for his opponent when you vote for a Third Party!
\nYou are throwing away your vote for the sake of moral posturing!<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what they are telling Conor Friedersdorf because he\u2019s refusing to cast a vote for Obama.<\/a><\/p>\n

Friedersdorf appears to have fallen into the revolutionary delusion that American citizens don\u2019t work for candidates but that candidates are applying for a job from us. If that meme spreads, it could lead to people ceasing to be slaves to the party and even the State!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"