I was at the video rental shop with a friend looking for a movie to pass the time. Since this was a small shop in a college town, you can actually interact with the people running the store. While my friend filled out a membership form coupled with talking on the phone, the clerk and I had a friendly conversation about politics when he uttered: "I like McCain because he seems like a viable candidate."
Taken aback, I wanted to know what a '"viable candidate" meant to him. Well, its someone he can get behind that he thinks other people will vote for. Makes sense at first glance right?
Well it shouldn't! Why compromise your own personal beliefs in order to accommodate a nebulous fickle entity known as the American voter! You are literally voting for what you think others are voting for.
This primary I'm going to vote for what I believe in, and I believe so strongly in it that no claims of "viability" will compromise my vote. I'll defend my reasons against anyone else's, and I hope my arguments are persuasive enough to change minds. How does anyone expect to change things in this country if they are willing to compromise so readily for someone whose only reason for popularity is not their positions but their name recognition?
You can make your vote count, or you can make your vote mean something.
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