NorfolkPCSolutions
11-02-2012, 01:50 PM
Only after much thought and meditation did I deviate from the course I set myself upon, immediately after "waking up." The credit for my new understanding of American conditions and political thought lies squarely upon the shoulders of one whom history will record as a modern Jefferson, Franklin - or any of the other great men of American history. Dr. Ron Paul.
That fact, in and of itself could have, or should have, provided the necessary motivation to write in Paul's name upon my visit to the courthouse yesterday - it did not. With my infant son in one arm, and a silly blunt pencil in one hand, I marked my ballot for the Libertarian, Gary Johnson.
Had I been able to cast a Republican vote for Ron Paul, I would have left the courthouse in full knowledge that his election was assured. (Does anyone actually believe that Obama will win? Literally millions of mindless zombie sheep are registered as Republicans, and they have been itching since midnight, Christmas 2009, when socialized medicine was passed, to vote for whomever the GOP ran against their most despised enemy, Obama. They've been scratching until they've bled. Barring fraud, I sense no other outcome.) Instead, knowing in my gut that Obamney will be victorious, I decided to go a different route.
(I was wrong about that prediction, and I'm just chipper as woodpecker about that.)
I removed myself from the GOP. I am no longer registered Republican, and at no point in the rest of my days will I again be. I am registered as a Libertarian. I have been told I have a "liberty fetish" by men and women I respect, and even by some I love. I have been told by these same people that my vote for Johnson would be a vote for Obama. I have been told that to stand on principle, and stand on it alone - to not write in Ron Paul represents a retreat from all I profess to believe. Bullshit.
Neither I nor any one of us at RPF who wrote in Paul, or broke with the GOP and went with Johnson as I did, wasted our vote. Hell, it was worth it just to see the look on the clerk's face upon my arrival at her office, as I explained, "...to take part in the State religion. I need to change my registration and cast an early ballot, please!" The office drones ground to a halt, and the silence was as palpable as it was deafening. There was zero comprehension among them of what I meant by my statement. I recognize this election, as well as every previous election for the past ~100 years as the farce it is. So long as my consciousness is expressed, and I vote with thought and reason, my vote is never wasted.
It's the dolts who cast for Obama on the basis of his melanin levels that wasted theirs.
It's the dolts who cast for Robamney on the basis of OMFGWTFBBQ HES NOT OBAMA that wasted theirs.
By casting for Johnson, my vote will be recorded. It will be joined with thousands more, and reported as the returns come in. I want the GOP to have it made abundantly clear to themselves, as well as to the nation at large, even a foggy idea how many of their ranks they have lost as a consequence of their bully tactics, manipulations, lies, and outright VIOLENCE towards Paul supporters; men and women seeking nothing more than liberty - and nothing less than a peaceful political revolution, fought with pencils, on a battlefield relegated to the voting booth.
I want the small minded Republican sheep that post below every political news story who use nothing but insults to describe Paul supporters to choke on Gary Johnson's vote tally. If it means a second term from Obama, so be it. Four more years of tyranny under him suits me better than eight under Romney. This nation was not designed to thrive on political parties moving in lockstep, like sports teams or social organizations - even though Fox News viewers, Tea Party Patriots, and Dittoheads profess the opposite. This nation was designed to thrive on loud, vigorous, and truthful debate. A Republic founded by men who just won their liberty in bloody revolution works best that way. Our founding documents are themselves biased towards revolution. Sometimes, that debate gets messy, and rather than allow the debate to occur, the Republican party simply ignored republican ideals and the nature of our country and quashed the debate. The fourth estate was complicit, cheering as the devolution progressed...and the country slipped another notch towards tyranny.
Discovering Ron Paul and learning only a portion of what he's learned, taught me that. Thanks, Doc. You had the right prescription for a very sick Republic, and she has decided to ignore your prognosis. I, however, have not. My children, they will not. And it is that which you helped me to learn that helped me to see this election objectively, and make my voice heard in a manner which satisfies my desire to participate in it in a manner which doesn't make me want to vomit. Though I may or may not have teared up a bit as I sealed my ballot in its envelope, knowing that the medicine America needs will, inexorably, be denied her, I'll never tell.
tl;dr
:):):) I voted for Gary Johnson because fuck you, Willard Romney. And fuck you, Republican party. And fuck you, Barack Obama. :):):)
And I didn't waste a God damned thing. Eat it, TPTB.
That fact, in and of itself could have, or should have, provided the necessary motivation to write in Paul's name upon my visit to the courthouse yesterday - it did not. With my infant son in one arm, and a silly blunt pencil in one hand, I marked my ballot for the Libertarian, Gary Johnson.
Had I been able to cast a Republican vote for Ron Paul, I would have left the courthouse in full knowledge that his election was assured. (Does anyone actually believe that Obama will win? Literally millions of mindless zombie sheep are registered as Republicans, and they have been itching since midnight, Christmas 2009, when socialized medicine was passed, to vote for whomever the GOP ran against their most despised enemy, Obama. They've been scratching until they've bled. Barring fraud, I sense no other outcome.) Instead, knowing in my gut that Obamney will be victorious, I decided to go a different route.
(I was wrong about that prediction, and I'm just chipper as woodpecker about that.)
I removed myself from the GOP. I am no longer registered Republican, and at no point in the rest of my days will I again be. I am registered as a Libertarian. I have been told I have a "liberty fetish" by men and women I respect, and even by some I love. I have been told by these same people that my vote for Johnson would be a vote for Obama. I have been told that to stand on principle, and stand on it alone - to not write in Ron Paul represents a retreat from all I profess to believe. Bullshit.
Neither I nor any one of us at RPF who wrote in Paul, or broke with the GOP and went with Johnson as I did, wasted our vote. Hell, it was worth it just to see the look on the clerk's face upon my arrival at her office, as I explained, "...to take part in the State religion. I need to change my registration and cast an early ballot, please!" The office drones ground to a halt, and the silence was as palpable as it was deafening. There was zero comprehension among them of what I meant by my statement. I recognize this election, as well as every previous election for the past ~100 years as the farce it is. So long as my consciousness is expressed, and I vote with thought and reason, my vote is never wasted.
It's the dolts who cast for Obama on the basis of his melanin levels that wasted theirs.
It's the dolts who cast for Robamney on the basis of OMFGWTFBBQ HES NOT OBAMA that wasted theirs.
By casting for Johnson, my vote will be recorded. It will be joined with thousands more, and reported as the returns come in. I want the GOP to have it made abundantly clear to themselves, as well as to the nation at large, even a foggy idea how many of their ranks they have lost as a consequence of their bully tactics, manipulations, lies, and outright VIOLENCE towards Paul supporters; men and women seeking nothing more than liberty - and nothing less than a peaceful political revolution, fought with pencils, on a battlefield relegated to the voting booth.
I want the small minded Republican sheep that post below every political news story who use nothing but insults to describe Paul supporters to choke on Gary Johnson's vote tally. If it means a second term from Obama, so be it. Four more years of tyranny under him suits me better than eight under Romney. This nation was not designed to thrive on political parties moving in lockstep, like sports teams or social organizations - even though Fox News viewers, Tea Party Patriots, and Dittoheads profess the opposite. This nation was designed to thrive on loud, vigorous, and truthful debate. A Republic founded by men who just won their liberty in bloody revolution works best that way. Our founding documents are themselves biased towards revolution. Sometimes, that debate gets messy, and rather than allow the debate to occur, the Republican party simply ignored republican ideals and the nature of our country and quashed the debate. The fourth estate was complicit, cheering as the devolution progressed...and the country slipped another notch towards tyranny.
Discovering Ron Paul and learning only a portion of what he's learned, taught me that. Thanks, Doc. You had the right prescription for a very sick Republic, and she has decided to ignore your prognosis. I, however, have not. My children, they will not. And it is that which you helped me to learn that helped me to see this election objectively, and make my voice heard in a manner which satisfies my desire to participate in it in a manner which doesn't make me want to vomit. Though I may or may not have teared up a bit as I sealed my ballot in its envelope, knowing that the medicine America needs will, inexorably, be denied her, I'll never tell.
tl;dr
:):):) I voted for Gary Johnson because fuck you, Willard Romney. And fuck you, Republican party. And fuck you, Barack Obama. :):):)
And I didn't waste a God damned thing. Eat it, TPTB.