George Phillies

Posted by Doug Craig at 3/29/2007 10:17 PM
Categories: Presidential campaigns
George Phillies comments on party loyalty

Your Vote Counts Twice
Your Support Counts Twice

When you vote for a candidate, your vote counts twice.  It counts once
for the candidate.  It counts again for the candidate's party.

Even when your candidate loses, your vote for the candidate shows that
the candidate's party and the ideas it represents have support.  When a
D.C. resident votes for a Republican Presidential candidate, or a Utah
resident votes for the matching Democrat, they know their candidate
will
lose in their state.  There is almost no chance that their popular
votes
will translate into electoral votes for their candidates.  Their
popular
votes are still important, because they show that their candidate
enjoys
popular support for his views, popular support that may well manifest
itself in other elections for other offices.

That's why there are no wasted votes.  Every vote counts as a show of
support for the candidate's positions and ideas.

The same is true for support.  When you give a candidate money or
volunteer time, your aren't just supporting that candidate.  You're
also
giving legitimacy to his party.  You are sending the message that
people
like that political party enough to invest their hours and their
checkbooks.

What does this mean for Libertarians?

When you vote for a real Libertarian candidate, your vote counts twice.
  It counts once for the candidate. It counts again for the candidate's
party. Your vote for any Libertarian candidate not only lends support
to
the candidate you voted for, it lends support to our Libertarian Party.

When you support a Libertarian candidate with your money and your time,
your money and time counts twice. It counts once for the candidate. It
counts again for our Libertarian Party. Your money and time, invested
in
the campaign of any Libertarian candidate, gives our party the
legitimacy that one day will give us an electoral majority.

On the other hand, when you support a Republican or a Democrat,you are
lending legitimacy to the Republican or Democratic Party. It does not
matter who the Republican or Democrat is. No matter what a nice person
they are, when you give them money you are giving money to support the
policies and principles of the Republican and Democratic parties.

A donation to a Republican is a donation in support of Republican
warrantless wiretaps. It's a donation in support of Republican
warrantless searches. It's a donation in the support of the Republican
War On Women And Gays. It's a donation in support of the Republican
Party whose national leaders have had American citizens kidnapped, held
without trial, and tortured. A donation to any Republican is support
for
the Republican Party torture policies.

If you actually support the Libertarian Party, you have no legitimate
excuse for giving money to any real Democrat or Republican.

 

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