“Mule, as for not vot­ing — I admire that you’re will­ing to not put your money where you don’t put your mouth. I think that came out wrong.”
 

LOL.…I know what you’re getting at! Too funny. 

“Since you don’t really approve of either major-​​party can­di­date (and don’t seem to dis­ap­prove of either sig­nif­i­cantly more than the other), not-​​voting is the proper course.”

Thanks for that.…for both the overall encouragement and for specifically supporting someone exercising their right NOT to vote if they don’t feel approvingly of any candidate/party on the ballot.  Yours is truly a rare reaction, and it’s a breath of fresh air to not have someone say, “But you just HAVE TO vote, no matter what you feel.” That seems to be the default, and I’ve never fully understood why that’s the case.  I mean, I totally understand the importance of voting and democratic elections, but is abstaining all that bad when you don’t feel you align close enough with any party/ideology to support them at the ballot box?

“Is there a true lib­er­tar­ian can­di­date on the bal­lot in your state?”

Not that I’m aware of.…and it’s doubtful Ron Paul will go third party. 

Mule, as for not voting — I admire that you’re willing to not put your money where you don’t put your mouth. I think that came out wrong. Since you don’t really approve of either major-party candidate (and don’t seem to disapprove of either significantly more than the other), not-voting is the proper course.

Is there a true libertarian candidate on the ballot in your state?

But I don’t see Romney/Ryan doing what was suggested above that would drive me to the ballot box to vote Democratic.  I’ll probably sit this one out as well. 

rgbact, putting aside our attempts to learn Ryan’s reasons through telepathy or whatever, let’s just recognize that you’re condemning President Obama for supposedly doing something that you’re praising Ryan for actively doing, and let the hypocrisy stand on its own.

Any­one who thinks putting a 5%-10% tax rate on everyone’s first
$5,000-$10,000 of income should be a higher pri­or­ity than the
lit­er­ally hun­dreds of other things that should be done to the
fed­eral tax code does not deserve to hold higher (or even lower)
office.

Again, we’re in agreement. Once more, and it’ll be a habit.

hmm, I prefer rgbact when he totally agrees w/Mule! as per usual.

“Iron­i­cally, that would con­tinue a pat­tern of vot­ing straight Demo­c­ra­t­icc.”

Did you have a total mental breakdown last nite? A major stroke? Been drinking? You’re making absolutely no sense today. Sounds like DC has hacked your computer.

Ironically, that would continue a pattern of voting straight Democraticc.  At this point in life, I’ve still never voted for a Republican.  I voted in a local/state election soon after I was eligible and went with a straight Democratic ticket then.  Granted, these were local Southern boys who were still pretty conservative, but still. 

if Romney/​Ryan want to go down that path, they’ll turn me into a single-​​issue voter, and I’ll fill out a Demo­c­ra­tic ticket.

From your fingers to God’s eyes…