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Yes, I still vote. But in this past general election, I voted for every Libertarian candidate on the slate. Not that I'd consider myself a dyed-in-the-wool Libertarian... I just think if we're ever going to pull out of this democratic tailspin we've gotten ourselves into, then we need to have a strong 3rd party. The choices we've been given by the ruling major parties -- former drug abuser brain-damaged candidate vs. self-professed war criminal and traitor candidate -- is like a menu consisting solely of Sh*t Sandwich or Cr*p Pie. I'll have neither, thanks anyway. And I don't think my vote was wasted, either. The candidate I voted for may have had no chance of winning in that election; but if enough people voted as I did, then in some future election the government would have to provide a share of campaign funds and maybe even a seat at the nationally-televised debates. In that way, somebody would at least be present to raise topics that the two major parties don't want discussed, because they're both doing it, to the detriment of the people they are supposed to represent and protect... Abuses of power like those reported above.

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