So why vote for anyone at all, Jehanne?
The problem with voting for Obama is that he openly says he's against abortion. That makes it look as if you're openly voting for it. At least the Republicans pretend to be against abortion so you can say "If they never intended to stop it, at least I had the right intention."
What on Earth is there in Obama's platform that a Catholic can get behind? This is very bizarre from someone who can't even abide the occasional pair of pants on a lady.
You say:
It's a two-party system. Voting for a third-party candidate would have meant throwing my vote away.
Then:
Of course, I wish that things were different, but I am powerless to change the decadent forces of the Enlightenment.
It's not about who wins or "throwing your vote away," it's about YOUR intention before God. As for me, I don't believe in ʝʊdɛօ-Masonic democracy and I don't vote. America is a cesspool. I vote mentally for the restoration of the monarchies of Europe.
I agree with that latter sentence, 100%! I, too, think that the World would be a better place with the Catholic monarchies. Speaking strictly from a
scientific point of view, our present Civilization is not sustainable. We are going to "drown" in our own greenhouse gas emissions, and the "free market," republican (small 'R') capitalism will guarantee that we sink toward the lowest common denominator, which is fossil fuels. They are the cheapest and most reliable form of energy, which is why we are guaranteed to continue to use them, because if we do not, someone else will, which means that we will get beat, badly, in the free market. It is the Tragedy of the Commons, which did not occur under feudalism.
If and until then, I, as a private citizen, am stuck with what I got. And, I do care about other issues, like my family's healthcare, which would suffer under Republican rule. As I said before, the Republican party is using the Religious Right, like a cheap...