tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post1252796024499410383..comments2024-02-10T02:14:39.898-05:00Comments on Buckeye Surgeon: The ElectionJeffrey Parks MD FACShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-42573011222449900602012-10-31T15:35:24.510-04:002012-10-31T15:35:24.510-04:00I agree with Andy, the only reason it's a two ...I agree with Andy, the only reason it's a two horse race is because the voters make it so. Look at Australia and other countries for an example of how the smaller parties are able to have a big say by being swing parties with the balance of power.Ashleyhttp://www.phentermine-diet-pills.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-18963757885020306592012-10-31T15:17:57.321-04:002012-10-31T15:17:57.321-04:00Good post! I'm perplexed on how you think a se...Good post! I'm perplexed on how you think a second term for Obama is warranted. The lesser of 2 evils is still evil.I agree with you 100% on foreign policy unfortuneately most people are watching Dancing With The Stars.<br /> <br />“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.” <br /> John Quincy Adams quotes<br /> <br />Obama or Mittens ORomney is the same vote only difference is the rhetoric.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-40648885493886447912012-10-31T13:01:36.257-04:002012-10-31T13:01:36.257-04:00Dr. P love the blogs lately. Glad you are back....Dr. P love the blogs lately. Glad you are back. I usually vote straight party but this year is and has been very disenchanting. Neither candidate deserves the vote based on their individual plateforms and what they are so-called "promising". Heard that all before. Healthcare is one of my main concerns and I feel that once the election is over the division of the parties will hold up any and or all of what either candidate puts forward. Again, glad you are back!! Nice break from the election hoopla to enjoy your writing.witk2005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-12062009266120679622012-10-31T08:46:29.342-04:002012-10-31T08:46:29.342-04:00I disagree Buckeye. The two political parties wan...I disagree Buckeye. The two political parties want you to think the vote is wasted. If a third party candidate gets 15 or 20 percent of the vote, it changes the debate, and encourages legitimate candidates to consider running outside of the mainstream system. Ron Paul should run on a third party ticket. John McCain was an attractive candidate until the national Republican party changed his policies during the 2008 campaign. If the possibility of raising money from individual donors on the internet continues to progress, it is reasonable to imagine a viable third party candidate making a difference in the debate 8 years from now. Disenchanted Americans should start sending that message now. Especially when, as even you admit, the substantive policies of Romney and Obama are not very different.<br /><br />As always, I enjoy the blog, keep writing. Attorney Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-31114122045240597512012-10-30T13:39:09.377-04:002012-10-30T13:39:09.377-04:00AA-
As a conservative, I think that the least bad ...AA-<br />As a conservative, I think that the least bad option is always better than hopeless, symbolic gestures. Voting Jill Stein does not further the debate. Your vote is wasted. I have little doubt that everything I've written above in condemnation of Obama would continue under Romney, with torture and another Middle eastern war mixed in. <br /><br />All American Presidents have been murderers, btw. Reagan killed Central Americans by the thousands. FDR firebombed civilian German cities. Truman dropped not one but two atomic bombs on non military targets in Japan. The vietnam carnage can be attributed to Kenendy/LBJ/Nixon. <br /><br />The pragmatic/reasonable best option is Obama. Not that that is some ringing endorsement.Jeffrey Parks MD FACShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-61582836702364611562012-10-30T13:18:37.713-04:002012-10-30T13:18:37.713-04:00not american so doesn't matter what I think, h...not american so doesn't matter what I think, however i agree with you. voting in an election is often a choice of who is the least evil (they are politicians after all). to me, one candidate is shifty far beyond the other. however I think you guys still are luckier than us. we have little choice about which particular clown will rule next.Bongihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-88455831958226634292012-10-30T10:25:44.819-04:002012-10-30T10:25:44.819-04:00"We are fooled into thinking that each party ..."We are fooled into thinking that each party offers fundamentally different visions for how the nation will deal with future troubles. The legitimacy of democracy depends on this perception; for if the general population realized that choice A differed from choice B only in ornamental, unimportant ways then the facade-----"of the people, for the people"---- is shattered."<br /><br />I agree with the preamble of your post wholeheartedly. But I wonder, if that is your thinking, why you then break down the election as a choice between only those two parties?? I obviously don't think that a third party candidate can win, but wouldn't a growing number of votes for candidates outside the corrupt two-party system send a message? It seems to me that most people deal with the corruption in one of two ways - stay home and don't vote ("they're both crooks"), or adopt an admittedly false narrative from one of the two parties and vote for the lesser of two perceived evils. You seem to be doing the latter. Reject what is happening in our system; vote third party.<br /><br />Although she is far left of my thinking, I'm voting for Jill Stein this year. Of the third party candidates out there, she is the best choice in my mind. Most importantly, I think casting a vote for a third party candidate shows two things. (1) I still care enough about my country to make an effort and vote, and (2) I'm no longer accepting the bullshit that is force-fed to us by the two-party system.<br /><br />Jump on my bandwagon, Dr. Parks, there's still room. Don't tell your kids when they are older that you voted for Obama even though you knew he assassinated an American citizen (and his family) simply by labeling him a "terrorist." History will not look kindly on such actions.Attorney Andynoreply@blogger.com