They may as well hold a gun to your head……
I went in to the local Polling Station with the express intention of voting “no affiliation” or “no confidence”, thinking at least my vote could get counted in the great London & Euro ballot.
How wrong I was….
I enquired, only to be told that my vote would simply be discarded as if I hadn’t voted, which of course set off a reaction of “What the fuck?” in my head. I mean, shouldn’t a no confidence vote be counted as a sign of dissatisfaction with the competing powers that be? Shouldn’t it count for SOMETHING that someone bothered to get off their arse with the express intention of communicating their (non)belief and disillusionment with the existing candidates?
Obviously not?
And they wonder why potential voters are apathetic! Give me fucking strength!
Still I decided to place a bet, so as my(?) “voice” could be “heard” and all that shit….I’d like to think of it as an “against” vote, rather than one in favour…
….and I suppose the candidate/party I pitched my vote with (the Lib Dems, if you were wondering) is one I have huge agreement with in many ways …
…just not huge ENOUGH agreement….
In any case at least I can say I did my bit to keep the BNP out of office…
….and hopefully contributed to getting rid of Komrade Ken Livingcunt!
That’s all…..
~MRDA~
(Why can’t it be like that film Brewster’s Millions where you could cast a vote for “none of the above”? I’d love to see the electoral turnout then….)
When the vote comes in November, with the current choices available, I will not be so much voting *for* as voting *against*, myself. It’s all just so much lameness.
Yeah, your man John Kerry doesn’t seem so inspiring….if I was American, neither of those two parties would get my affiliation anyways….
neither party gets mine. *shrug*
they both suck.
Pretty much so….at least you have a bigger pool to choose from – over here they all suck in some way or other…
don’t kid yourself. The same is true here.
Something about the kind of person that would want to get into politics in the first place. *sigh*
There are only about 3 politicians I can vote for without a second thought. And I have known all 3 of them personally, so I not only know *why* they got into politics, I know why they stay.
Are these guys in disparate parties or summat? Or are they in the back benches….
Are they’re any parties who you’re less in disagreement with than others?
nope. I don’t like any parties. They all suck. All of them have some AGENDA that they are trying to manifest. I don’t trust any of them. they suck.
Even them Libertarians?
even them.
Pretty much so….at least you have a bigger pool to choose from – over here they all suck in some way or other…