In your July 16 issue, columnist Sue Lempert summarized well the angst over Biden’s suitability as the Democratic candidate. I have voted for the Democrat in each election since turning voting age and refuse to waste my vote on a third-party candidate no matter how much they speak to me. The two major parties know third-party candidates are spoilers and encourage them, such as when an organization backed by the Koch brothers took out ads promoting Sanders in the run-up to the 2016 election (“Why an arm of the Koch empire is praising Bernie Sanders” Washington Post, March 9, 2016).
So I will vote for whomever the Democratic Party chooses even if I need to hold my nose because our political system is set up so that a vote for a third-party candidate is one less vote for the major party with which one most identifies. If one wishes to protest or send a message to the world, they would do better carrying a picket sign or writing a letter to the editor.
One of the things I’m holding my nose about is Biden’s foreign policy and his support of the leadership of Ukraine, which he helped install when he was vice president. He needs to act to put an end to the slaughter in Gaza and set in motion a two-state solution. Finally, what are we standing for when we stand against Russia and China? Are we on the right side of history? Please let us all dig deep for answers.
The beautiful thing about our system is that you can vote however you wish, and you have voted for the Democratic Party and its candidates for a long time. You plan to vote the same way again this year even though you strongly oppose policies by the current Democratic Party administration. Polices that support the current leadership in Ukraine and what you describe as the continuing slaughter in Gaza.
However, I disagree that voting for a third-party candidate who aligns with your beliefs would be wasting your vote. Such a vote sends a message you do not support what's going on in Ukraine and Gaza. It's unlikely "whomever the Democratic Party chooses" will change the current policies in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. So, a vote for whomever gets the Democratic Party nomination is a vote affirming the very policies you personally do not support. Your vote will be interpreted as a vote in favor of those polices whether you like those policies or not.
BTW... I agree with you that we should do what we can to help implement a two-state solution. I submitted an LTE more than seven months ago on that point.
Mr. Gin, if you’re not willing to dig deep for answers to what treasonous Biden and complicit Dems have done to our nation and our standing in the world, we can only conclude that you hate our great President Trump more than you love America. Prove me wrong and get on the right side of history. Vote for Trump to Make America Great Once Again.
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Hello, Philip
The beautiful thing about our system is that you can vote however you wish, and you have voted for the Democratic Party and its candidates for a long time. You plan to vote the same way again this year even though you strongly oppose policies by the current Democratic Party administration. Polices that support the current leadership in Ukraine and what you describe as the continuing slaughter in Gaza.
However, I disagree that voting for a third-party candidate who aligns with your beliefs would be wasting your vote. Such a vote sends a message you do not support what's going on in Ukraine and Gaza. It's unlikely "whomever the Democratic Party chooses" will change the current policies in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. So, a vote for whomever gets the Democratic Party nomination is a vote affirming the very policies you personally do not support. Your vote will be interpreted as a vote in favor of those polices whether you like those policies or not.
BTW... I agree with you that we should do what we can to help implement a two-state solution. I submitted an LTE more than seven months ago on that point.
Mr. Gin, if you’re not willing to dig deep for answers to what treasonous Biden and complicit Dems have done to our nation and our standing in the world, we can only conclude that you hate our great President Trump more than you love America. Prove me wrong and get on the right side of history. Vote for Trump to Make America Great Once Again.
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