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bwahahaha wrote:I cast a strategic vote for Hillary (apparently, I'm the only one here).

I had a similar plan back when Hillary was the front runner. That is, I planned to vote for Obama. But since Obama is on a roll, I just can't suppress my gag reflex long enough to vote for Hillary.

But since there is little to decide in the Republican primary, I don't fault anyone for doing this.

It is in our best interest for the Dem's to drag this out as long as possible, maybe even to the convention.

I mean, they do a fairly good job of beating each other up.

Anyway, I'm soon to be on my way to vote for ABM (anyone but McCain).

I still haven't decided, but I'm sure I'll have to take a shower afterwards.

As Charles put earlier, voting for someone else other than McCain in the primary sends a message that he needs to get things together because the Republican party is not happy with him. McCain only got 51% of the Republican vote here in Texas, while 38% went to Huckabee and 5% went to Ron Paul. I personally chose Paul. I simply could not bring myself to vote in the Democratic primary, especially as there were a couple of other important non-presidential races on the ballot. As an added bonus, while there was a line of 40 or so people waiting to vote in the Democratic primary at my polling place, the Republican primary line was completely empty, and I was in and out of there in about 4 minutes. I was especially entertained by the Obama fans outside. As I was walking up to the polling place, one ran up to me and enthusiastically asked if I was voting in the Democratic primary. I answered that I was not, and he let out a disappointed "oh." On the way out, another (even more enthusiastic) girl asked if I had "joined" her in voting for Barack Obama. I said "no", and received a deflated "oh... OK, bye." in return.

There's been a lot of talk of the dynamics in the Democratic primaries. Clinton and Obama are fighting over superdelegates from yesterday's primaries. One of the points that the Clinton campaign is said to be making is that if Obama wins the nomination, a considerable portion of Hillary's swing votes are likely to go to McCain. Whether this point is of merit or if it's simply fear-mongering is outside my ability to discern. While I dislike them both, Hillary's stance on 2A issues and her condescending attitude towards her opponents in general really chaps my hide. I also think that Obama's bandwagon enthusiasm is going to fizzle down by time November rolls around, and I think he is going to be easier to beat than Clinton.

My family cast three votes for Ron Paul. Somewhere out there in Bowie County, there are 131 friends who did likewise, while Huckabee carried the county with over 72%.

The idiocy of identity politics never ceases to amaze me. "He's our hometown boy!"... and? That makes him qualified?