On Dec 30, 8:13*am, "Leon" wrote:
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message

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On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:11:19 -0500, the infamous "Larry C"

It boggles my mind that people do not vote.

Can you blame them? *I've only voted for one of the last 5 presidents,
and that covers 7 terms, or 28 _years_! *The rest (Clintoon, Dubya,
Osama Bin Biden) got in despite my best voting each and every time.
I've become extremely discouraged, but I still vote in every election
I'm entitled. *I'm saddened, but I can't blame them for thinking that
their vote doesn't mean squat. *In some ways, if everyone who was
wishy-washy voted, more bad guys would win by promising more crap and,
as usual, failing to deliver any of it. (See "Obama's gonna pay my
rent/car payment/utilities" video.)

IMHO people don't vote because there is no one that they want to try to
elect.

No, people don't vote because they're too lazy, as is their right in
any free state. Often they're too uninformed to have an educated
opinion, so *SHOULDN'T* vote.
*
Voting for someone that you don't want in office defeats the
purpose, don't you think?

No, voting for the "lesser of evils" certainly doesn't defeat any
purpose. You're never going to be 100% happy with another controlling
your life. Less is better than more.