Talking Sweet About Nothing

I’ve been told too many times that voting for anyone other than a Republican or Democrat is a “wasted vote." I’ve heard all the reasons; a third-party candidate can’t win so why vote for them, or if you don’t vote the lesser of two evils, the greater evil might win. Seriously people? Is this what it’s come to? To quote one of my favorite movies, Beautiful Girls, "one comes to a decision based on what one wants, not based on what one doesn't want." Well, here's what I want:

I want real change, not just change of hands. And real change will never come by supporting that which we do not agree with out of fear of who might win if we don’t. I think we’re on a slippery slope to fascism and both parties are to blame. Supporting the status-quo with a vote sends the message that one will tolerate what they are doing and I refuse to have any part of that.

So, friends, I challenge you to NOT waste your vote by supporting the status-quo...because the status is NOT quo.