Kevin,
What state are you living in now? Is it a swing state? Perhaps you're in the
same situation in which Joe finds himself. It all depends on how the
electoral college works in your state and whether or not your vote has real
meaning. We all need to remember that the electoral college was constructed
to prevent all of us from having a direct influence on the presidential
vote. Because of how it works in New York, Hillary will win the state
regardless of what I do. But that isn't true in Michigan or Ohio or
Pennsylvania. I'm not sure, but I don't think it's true in Indiana either.
Someone on this list who can be objective and is good at researching things,
ought to look into it.
Miriam
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Carl:
I suspect Bernie was subjected to some pretty intense strong-arm tactics, at
this point I wouldn't put anything past the DNC. Having said that, I totally
understand where you're coming from. In a way, both campaigns are strikingly
similar. Trump says he alone can fix things. Hillary is saying she alone can
stop he alone, and people are buying into it. For the second time this week,
I started thinking I would just go ahead and bite the bullet and vote for
Hillary, despite everything I know is true. And then this whole Donald Trump
is a puppet of Russia came up. My gut tells me that's just overselling in a
huge way. Next week it wouldn't really surprise me to see headlines
indicating someone found evidence that Trump is actually the true spawn of
Satan. It's just too much, and I really need to stick to my guns and not
play the game, despite the pressures out there to do so. Jill Stein all the
way.
KL
