Hello Matt,   
      
   On Sun 2012-Sep-23 15:03, Matt Munson (1:218/109) wrote to All:   
      
   MM> Ron Paul is no longer running for president having riding off to the   
   MM> sunset in retirement, Mitt Romney still wants to spend as much as   
   MM> President Obama and infringe on our rights and liberties with   
   MM> indefinite detention and the thirst for wars around the world. The   
   MM> establishment wants us to be focused on the Coke and Pepsi elections   
   MM> by making us boxed in to voting for Obama or Romney. Fortunately we   
   MM> have a choice and Gary has a plan.   
      
   I happen to agree with those points for the most part.  AS   
   soon as Ron Paul jumped ship to the Republican party I quit   
   supporting him though, a true libertarian would have stood   
   his ground instead of trying to pander to some of the folks   
   under the current Republican party tent, and by that I mean   
   the JErry Falwell types.   
      
   YEt that leaves me in sort of a tough spot when I go to cast my absentee   
   ballot of October 17.   
      
   Do I vote my conscience and vote for Gary Johnson.  I liked   
   him as New MExico governor, and still like him today.  YEt,   
   I believe that Romney, especially coupled with the   
   teabaggers driving the agenda of the Republican party are   
   more dangerous to our freedoms and lberties.  Which puts me   
   in the position of voting for Obama just to help Obama take   
   another state hopefully and deny ROmney our electoral votes   
   on one hand.  On the other, vote how i really feel and mark   
   my ballot forGary Johnson.   
      
   Seriously torn on which way I'm going to jump here, but   
   won't decide probably until I show up at the election office to turn in my   
   absentee ballot.  My extreme distrust of   
   ROmney coupled with my extreme disgust at the tea party   
   bigots might carry the day however.   
      
   MM> By helping Gary Johnson and the Libertarian Party get to the 5%   
   MM> threshold they will be able to get funds to help spread the message   
   MM> of the party in 2016 and force both the Democrats and the   
   MM> Republicans to change for the better.    
      
   Maybe, but the Republican party has already decided to climb in bed with these   
   repressive nut jobs.  Personal freedom and liberty mean   
   nothing to those people,   
   so long as you smoke their brand of religious fundamentalism and selling out   
   to big money interests.  That 5% buys you nothing after they've sold you the   
   rest of the way down the river.   
      
   IT's not that I believe Obama will do anything great,   
   Obama's just another yes man for business as usual.  But, my high level of   
   distrust toward ROmney and those to which he's beholden may carry more weight   
   with me than my personal   
   beliefs this election.   
      
      
   MM> ... I Love My Country But Fear My Government   
      
   Same here!  Stolen as a tag line!   
      
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
   ... Everybody does better when everybody does better.   
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