Guest guest Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 Actually, if you would not be otherwise voting for a candidate from one of the two major parties, then your vote for a third party does not take a vote away from one of those candidates. It, as far as I understand, would have no effect. At the same time, if you have a passion for a third party candidate and wish not to support the two party system, consider honoring yourself. If you would be voting for one of the two party's candidates, then you would be taking a vote away from that candidate. It is similar to our governor's race. Supposedly, the remaining candidates are neck and neck and every vote counts. I have no interest in supporting either candidate and don't wish to give either a vote. However, I AM passionate about Christian Pierre Joubert, a raw foodist and Naturopath, who was a gubernatorial candidate, but did not make it past the primary. While a write-in vote for him will likely not have any effect on the outcome of the race, I can feel good about putting his name on the ballot and my vote may help raise awareness of nutrition and holistic health care. Someone gave me a hard time about it, basically saying it will take a vote away from one of the other two. NO, it will not. My other choice would have been to not vote for governor. Yes your question was not about raw, but see how I was able to relate it to raw food? This is a raw vegan list. Oh yeah... and I understand Nader is vegan! Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 What I meant was that if I were to write in Dennis Kucinich (who I love) rather than vote for Obama, then I would in effect be helping McCain/Palin get elected, which I sure as hell don't want to do. Judy On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 8:57 PM, Jeff Rogers <jeffwrote: > Actually, if you would not be otherwise voting for a candidate from > one of the two major parties, then your vote for a third party does > not take a vote away from one of those candidates. It, as far as I > understand, would have no effect. At the same time, if you have a > passion for a third party candidate and wish not to support the two > party system, consider honoring yourself. If you would be voting for > one of the two party's candidates, then you would be taking a vote > away from that candidate. > > It is similar to our governor's race. Supposedly, the remaining > candidates are neck and neck and every vote counts. I have no interest > in supporting either candidate and don't wish to give either a vote. > However, I AM passionate about Christian Pierre Joubert, a raw foodist > and Naturopath, who was a gubernatorial candidate, but did not make it > past the primary. While a write-in vote for him will likely not have > any effect on the outcome of the race, I can feel good about putting > his name on the ballot and my vote may help raise awareness of > nutrition and holistic health care. Someone gave me a hard time about > it, basically saying it will take a vote away from one of the other > two. NO, it will not. My other choice would have been to not vote for > governor. > > Yes your question was not about raw, but see how I was able to relate > it to raw food? This is a raw vegan list. Oh yeah... and I understand > Nader is vegan! > > Jeff > > > -- Judy Pokras vegwriter STOP GLOBAL WARMING GO VEGAN bumper sticker: http://www.cafepress.com/rawfoods.86920766 author The Little e-Book of Raw Holiday Recipes editor/founder/publisher Raw Foods News Magazine www.rawfoodsnewsmagazine.com An online magazine celebrating raw vegan cuisine since March 2001, and featuring authoritative info, breaking news, and fun interactive features on the raw vegan lifestyle. Have you signed up for our free e-newsletter? Also see our blog at http://stuffrawfoodistslike.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 Wow thanks for the quick responses. I will not feel like I am dishonoring myself by voting for Obama but I dream of someone getting this job who actually votes the way they say they believe instead of just saying what they know we want to hear and then getting in there and doing just the opposite. I also watched a vid on youtube of Nader trying to get into the debates and being told he and other out of the box candidates were on a list and would be arrested if they tried to get in (our debates are now owned by corporate lobbyists yuck) and he even had a press pass invitation from fox news (another yuck in my book). I must say another reason I love being raw is when I was just vegan I was still supporting a lot of corporations that are in the coop under other labels but still owned by kraft, general mills etc there is a chart you can find online that breaks it all down. Is it just my age or is this race more heated than ones past? My republican relatives ( I grew up in Texas) all think Obama is a terrorist and it feels like you cannot even have a discussion on basic issues without people getting totally erratic and angry. Has anyone heard of Codex Alimentarius and if so which candidate does not support that I have yet to hear it mentioned in the mainstream media but it seems to me it would really affect everyone especially the raw community. I will also write in Christian Joubert for Governor after looking him up he sounds great and frankly I dont care if that vote seems wasted but I do care that Mcain does not get my vote growing up in the evangelical christian world that kind of government seems scary and frankly we have had enough of it with Bush in my opinion. I do not object to faith just when it combines with gov't and foreign policy. Peace Light and Love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 I used to like Nader, many many years ago when he was a consumer advocate, but I stopped liking him after he spoiled the presidential election by siphoning off votes that would have elected a Democrat. Nader's ego got in the way of our having a better world. On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Kristina Turner <familygoingrawwrote: > > > Wow thanks for the quick responses. I will not feel like I am dishonoring > myself by voting for Obama but I dream of someone getting this job who > actually votes the way they say they believe instead of just saying what > they know we want to hear and then getting in there and doing just the > opposite. I also watched a vid on youtube of Nader trying to get into the > debates and being told he and other out of the box candidates were on a list > and would be arrested if they tried to get in (our debates are now owned by > corporate lobbyists yuck) and he even had a press pass invitation from fox > news (another yuck in my book). I must say another reason I love being raw > is when I was just vegan I was still supporting a lot of corporations that > are in the coop under other labels but still owned by kraft, general mills > etc there is a chart you can find online that breaks it all down. Is it just > my age or is this race more heated than ones past? My republican > relatives ( I grew up in Texas) all think Obama is a terrorist and it feels > like you cannot even have a discussion on basic issues without people > getting totally erratic and angry. Has anyone heard of Codex Alimentarius > and if so which candidate does not support that I have yet to hear it > mentioned in the mainstream media but it seems to me it would really affect > everyone especially the raw community. > > I will also write in Christian Joubert for Governor after looking him up he > sounds great and frankly I dont care if that vote seems wasted but I do care > that Mcain does not get my vote growing up in the evangelical christian > world that kind of government seems scary and frankly we have had enough of > it with Bush in my opinion. I do not object to faith just when it combines > with gov't and foreign policy. > > Peace Light and Love > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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