Electoral Turnings[1]
csc: But I don't feel especially good about Ron Paul, either. I mean, if there were a charismatic Ron Paul running against the real Ron Paul, I'd vote for the charismatic one.
csc: Me too, but there isn't. So aren't we throwing away a vote?
csc: What's that mean?
csc: Umm, it means your vote could help the guy you really don't like instead of the guy you kinda don't like.
csc: ?
csc: You might help the greater of two evils.
csc: .
csc: Let me put it another way: Do you want to cast your vote based on how millions of other people are going to vote (which you don't know) for a candidate you don't like?
csc: Now that you put it that way...
csc: So do what's right.
csc: Which is?
csc: Vote your conscience.
csc: But he has no chance of winning.
csc: There ought to be some kind of "The Price is Right" rule where the candidate that gets closest to the most popular support but doesn't go over gets elected.
csc: And if he goes over?
csc: Disqualified.
csc: Voted off the island.
csc: Chopped.
csc: Goes home with a consolation prize.
csc: "Oh, we're sorry, that's the wrong answer, but you get to keep the votes you won and get a consolation prize. You and your family can now relive the excitement anytime you like with the home edition of The American Elections Game."
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With apologies to Truman's Nocturnal Turnings.
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Alice Cooper, Elected
The portion with bombs dropping was originally cut because it was considered too provocative. Strange how times change. Then again, a lot of Americans were coming home from Vietnam every day in body bags. But that doesn't happen any more.
Alice still performs, I saw him a couple times; he's a devout Christian and opened a center for troubled kids called "Solid Rock." Good for him. I think we are on the same road, I was just a few years behind him.
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Started: 2012-10-09
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