Sasquatch
10-04-2007, 01:09 PM
Not that these guys represent me directly, but I finally like that people vote based on beliefs rather than electability. Maybe this means that you'll no longer vote for the 'lessor of two evils" someday.
Dobson Says He Won't Back a Candidate Based On Electability In an op-ed in the New York Times, James Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family, wrote about the meeting where evangelical leaders discussed backing a 3rd-party candidate, saying, "The purpose of the gathering was to discuss our response if both the Democratic and Republican Parties nominate standard-bearers who are supportive of abortion." The group "voted on a resolution that can be summarized as follows: If neither of the two major political parties nominates an individual who pledges himself or herself to the sanctity of human life, we will join others in voting for a minor-party candidate." Dobson goes on to write that he opposes the idea of choosing "a candidate according to the likelihood of electoral success or failure," saying, that "voting according to the possibility of winning or losing can lead directly to the compromise of one's principles."
Dobson Says He Won't Back a Candidate Based On Electability In an op-ed in the New York Times, James Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family, wrote about the meeting where evangelical leaders discussed backing a 3rd-party candidate, saying, "The purpose of the gathering was to discuss our response if both the Democratic and Republican Parties nominate standard-bearers who are supportive of abortion." The group "voted on a resolution that can be summarized as follows: If neither of the two major political parties nominates an individual who pledges himself or herself to the sanctity of human life, we will join others in voting for a minor-party candidate." Dobson goes on to write that he opposes the idea of choosing "a candidate according to the likelihood of electoral success or failure," saying, that "voting according to the possibility of winning or losing can lead directly to the compromise of one's principles."