On the heels of Ron Paul's departure from the presidential campaign (oops, I was wrong in my previous post) a self-professed palaeo-conservative/libertarian (and one of my favorite writers), Justin Raimondo, has come out and voiced his support for Barack Obama.
While it's puzzling for me to see a libertarian make the switch so quickly, Raimondo's reasoning is sound as usual. His ominous prediction that Clinton will steal the democratic nomination from Obama based on the superdelegate vote underscores the charade that is our electoral process. Someone please explain to me how our election process is representative of our country? Sheesh, even Russian elections are more free than ours...at least they allow more than two "serious" candidates on their ballots, as Raimondo points out.
Personally, the news doesn't affect my allegiance or voting preference. If anything, Paul's departure provides me with more ammunition to avoid voting altogether. And why not? I'm not convinced Obama is a peace candidate (and his social programs are equally disastrous), Clinton is the same as Obama (but more overtly aggressive when it comes to foreign policy), and McCain is...well, McCain.
My feelings of disenfranchisement differ from the democratic voters in Michigan and Florida, too. While they're crying out for their voices to be heard by the Democratic Party, I'm left wondering when (if?) a true alternative to establishment candidates will be allowed to be heard. But I gave up on that idea long before I became a Paul supporter...and dammit if Paul didn't restore my hope that someone could break through that barrier!
Basically, my opinion on whether or not to vote hinges on one simple question: absent the ability to vote for someone who truly represents your ideas/policies, why endorse our "democratic" system by voting for "the lesser of two evils?" I'm no philosophy whiz, but to me the lesser of two evils is still evil. Therefore, the only option open to me, a disenfranchised voter, is to refuse to endorse a corrupt system.
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