You can't spoil an election if the other choices are rotten
LP Texas chairman Pat Dixon speaks about "spoiling" in the Texas Tribune, January 25, 2010:
Dixon doesn’t care if his candidates take votes away from the major parties. You can’t spoil an election if the mainstream parties are already rotten, he says. “[Spoiling] would be a concern if there were candidates on the ballot on either the Democratic or Republican parties who were really close enough that we would rather have them in office,” he said. Dixon pointed to the fact that Libertarians often do not run against U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, who represents the more libertarian element of the Republican Party, and who was the Libertarian Party candidate for president in 1988. Ironically, this year a Libertarian will be challenging Paul for his seat.
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This certainly applies in Maryland. Dr. Richard Davis was referred to as a "Spoiler" in the 2008 election. Many people often say they are choosing the "lesser of two evils" however if that is the case, then you are still voting for evil.
Why, then, do libertarians want to shrink the size and influence of the national government and the progressives want to encourage the national government to emulate organized crime? Americans are generous when it comes to helping out people in need and the progressives are standing there with their hands out to take as much as they can to build an organization that demands more be given, without ever caring for the people in need. See Bubbles, Boxes and Individual Freedom on amazon.com and claysamerica.com.
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