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Captain Matt wrote:

ScottDLS wrote:

bigbang wrote:A vote for a Straus supporter is a vote for Straus. Remind yourself every week between now and 11/4.
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I think you make a valid point. However, what is the alternative in general election?

One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. So voting for Straus or his supporters is insane, unless one likes what Straus did and wants more of it next year.

So what's the alternative? Vote for Abortion Barbie and Hillary, because I'm mad at Strauss. He's not my rep. I vote in the Republican primary, then if my candidate loses and the Democrats put up their usual leftists, I vote for the Republican. I could waste my vote on the Libertarians...if I agreed with them, which I don't, but then I would risk being the right wing voter equivalent of Ralph Nader supporters in 2000. Thanks to them by the way for sparing us Al Gore.

bigbang wrote:A vote for a Straus supporter is a vote for Straus. Remind yourself every week between now and 11/4.
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I think you make a valid point. However, what is the alternative in general election? I am a conservative and not a single issue voter, though gun rights are very important to me. If a Democratic candidate for the Texas legislature or senate articulated a very strong gun rights platform and wasn't way off my views on other issues, I would vote for him/her. However, in my precinct/district, the Republican primary is about it. In the last 5 years or so, I have made a stronger effort to understand the Republican primary elections and local "non-partisan" elections and vote. I am very busy working and supporting my family, but after 24 years of being a Texan (over half my life) I realize that if we just let the "low information voter" determine our fate, we will lose our cherished values/rights.

Anyway, my point is we who believe in 2nd amendment rights and other self determination/protection issues need to get more involved. It's an important part of citizenship.

-Scott