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Mike, many people would say that you "wasted" your vote on Huckabee.
Although I'm not a Huckabee supporter, I find him MUCH more pallatable than McCain. I think part of the reason that Huckabee didn't do as well in the primaries is because people listened to the media (and people on blogs and message boards) that told them that a vote for Huckabee was a wasted vote.

I'm wondering how much better Huckabee could have done if more people would have "wasted" their vote on him.

I realize Ron Paul didn't have a snowball's chance in hades of being elected. I chose to cast such a vote b/c it was my opportunity to send a message to both parties that I am unhappy with the other options.

I don't feel that I wasted my vote, nor do I feel you wasted yours. Elections are our opportunity to have a say in the process, and that's what we did. There is a lot of "waste" that occurs in our society, but the vote is never one.

Mike1951 wrote:I have always considered a vote for an unelectable candidate based on whatever principles inspired it to be a wasted vote.

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Since when is a vote for a "unelectable" candidate a "wasted vote"? The only time you waste your vote is when you refuse to cast it. Your vote is your voice. Choose wisely what you want to say.

I'm not convinced that Ross Perot was so unelectable. I think too many people listened to their televisions during that election; the talk about "wasting" one's vote on Perot got rather heavy, and he stil got 20% of the vote! I suspect that number would have been higher if people would have voted the issues rather than listen to the media babble about "wasting" a vote.


Personally, I'm uncomfortable with the three socialist candidates we have before us. Obama is a secular televanglist, Hillary Clinton (although I respect her life accomplishments) wants to create an unproven healthcare system and open the borders to anyone & everyone, and John McCain, a former POW, is willing to stay in Iraq for another "hundred years." I doubt McCain's mental stability.

I may not agree with Ron Paul on everything, but I think it's wise to favor a vote for no action, rather than a vote for something that further taxes, burdens, and/or infringes on the rights of the citizen.

JMHO.

Ron Paul is probably the most pro-gun candidate still in the race. He is rarely mentioned by the media.
http://www.ronpaul2008.com