SNIP No matter what you say or what "patriotic" dressing you put on it, NOTHING changes the FACT that if you don't vote for Romney, you ARE helping Obama win, and the Senate WILL confirm what ever whacky liberal Supreme Court nominees he sees fit to toss out there.
You can convince yourself of whatever you want, NOTHING CHANGES THESE FACTS.
You know, fellas, it occurs to me there a giant hole in the logic of those who say that if you don't vote for Romney you are helping Obama win.
It presupposes that Romney will win if I vote for him.
But, what if Obama wins even with my vote for Romney? What I really mean is that the folks who use the argument, "you're helping Obama", cannot possibly know for sure that I helped Obama win by not voting for Romney. So, if they cannot know the future--that I helped Obama win--what are some other angles I can use to help decide how to vote?
Responsibility. Now, these fellas view responsibility as blame. Take a moment and re-read TFred's post. You see the implied blame? If Obama wins, he says that the folks who didn't vote for Romney helped cause the SCOTUS nominee disaster. "It will be your fault!"--blame, blame, blame.
But, responsibility has more angles. Responsibility simply means
causation. For example, if upon seeing a situation at work, and you take the initiative to solve it, you are simply taking responsibility to solve it, which is just another way of saying you are being the cause of the solution. Willing to be cause. Another example, some folks avoid responsibility. Its just another way of saying they are unwilling to cause. You understand?
Responsibility and
willingness to cause are just different words for the same thing.
Next point. When talking about people, causation needs one more step before causation occurs. An intention. An intention to turn on the light switch. An intention to drive to the supermarket. An intention to solve a situation at work. An intention to vote a certain way.
So, since the blamers cannot know for sure whether my non-vote will install Obama, I am left with having to figure out my own intention/course of action. But, lets examine briefly the intention the blamers want me to take. In one or two sentences. The blamers actually want me to hurt myself and my countrymen by actually approving a candidate who would cut my economic throat and reduce my liberties. And, as MAC points out, do it every four years to eternity. This is tantamount to helping the king's blacksmith forge my own shackles.
I won't be intending that. This leaves me with the options to vote third-party, not vote as a protest, or not vote in order to withhold my consent.