When you vote for either party, you are voting for their platform. I'm like you, I too think both parties are full of shit, being a registered INDEPENDENT. But when you know that one of the the two devils are going to win, hold your nose and pick the lesser of the two evils. Kinda sucks, that this country only has the option of this or that evil. I voted for Nader four times. But in 2008 I had enough of the Iraq war and a collapsed economy.
no i wont vote for the "lessor of 2 evils".....thats like saying ....i wont vote for Satan but i will vote for Dracula....not much of a difference.....i will stick with someone outside these 2 Parties....as long as so many people have that "lessor of 2 evil" mindset....nothing is ever going to change and the same old shit will be here year after year....and those people will be here bitching about the same shit they are bitching about now....
If you vote for someone that has no chance of winning, then you have to deal with the consequences of the likelihood of the greater of the two evils. If the cons win, you get more war, more poverty, the destruction of education, welfare, healthcare, and Social Security. If the libs win, you get less war, less poverty, more education, welfare, healthcare, and higher taxes on the rich to pay for it.
Voting for someone that can't win is like the cons voting for a right wing extremist, or libs voting for an avowed communist. The winner is going to be the one that appeals to the middle.