Am I Morally Obligated to Vote for One of These Candidates?

FriendofSpurgeon;

Your post was very thoughtful as well as insightful and I agree with all that you have typed. :godisgood:

 

AMEN and AMEN!!!!

 

I must say that I'm disappointed none of our residential Romney guys answered the OP with, "You are morally obligated to vote for both of these candidates!" :thumbs:

 

McGovern's father was a minister as well.

 

So please tell me you didn't vote for the current disaster of a "president."

 

72 was my first election, and I voted for Nixon. When 76 rolled around, the nonsense made me angry, and voted for Carter. So much for voting for Democrats. When the Republican party gets in the shape it is in now, if you cannot live with the nominee, its time to seek out a third party.

 

FTR, you are not "morally obligated" to vote for anyone or any particular party, as I see it. There is no moral compunction to vote for either "the lesser of two evils" or "the evil of two lessers"!

And should any and/or all of the major party candidates not appeal to you, there are usually "third party" and other so-called minor party candidates on the ballot.

If you are still not satisfied, you can stay home or write-in candidates, although in KY, a write-in candidate's vote will not be counted, unless there has been a declaration that such a candidate will 'accept' the votes cast. BTW, by law, this applies only to the general election, as a primary in KY does not allow write-ins (also by law), or 'independants to vote, due to the very nature of a party primary.

Ed

 

I was unaware of this. Thanks for the info.

Btw, you should have been a civics prof.

 

Let's see now. Americans and Iraqis are dying by the thousands to gain democracy in Iraq. Right? At least that's what GW Bush says. Democracy includes the right to self government through free elections. I'd say you don't have a moral requirement to vote but not voting is a slap in the face to our soldiers who are dying to give the vote to the Iraqis.