One More Election Post (but not about the Presidential race)

[fauxklore]

I know a lot of people are tired of politics, but my lukewarm feelings about Gerry Connolly had me looking a bit further today. It looks pretty clear that he will win the 11th Congressional district in Virginia, so voting for a third party candidate would not steer things towards Keith Fimian, who I consider fiscally irresponsible (and who has pissed me off with robocalls).

Based on their web page, it might not be a terrible idea to vote for Joe Oddo of the Independent Greens. I can't quite decide if Oddo is brilliant or insane and, frankly, beyond support for rail (a good thing), I'm not convinced there is much of a platform there. He's certainly had strange political bedfellows, some of whom give me the creeps (e.g. Ron Paul). Since he has pretty much no chance of winning, it could be an interesting protest vote.

And, see, this sort of rethinking is exactly why early voting (except in cases of real need for absentee ballots) is a bad idea.

Comments

Not insane unless Fimian wins

[cleantheair.livejournal.com]

As the candidate you speak of I thank you for the mention but wonder what part Ron Paul's message of individual freedom and preserving our civil liberties worries you.

Joe Oddo
www.IndyGreens.org

Re: Not insane unless Fimian wins

[fauxklore]

Those aren't the aspects of Ron Paul's politics that concern me.

I disagree with him strongly on two points.

1) He is an advocate of the framing fathers approach to the Constitution, while i believe one of the strengths of the Constitution is the provisions within it for amendment.

2) He believes in strictly non-interventionist foreign policy. I believe that this is not feasible given the global economy. We have not always chosen wisely where and how to get involved, but I think that ignoring the rest of the world is short sighted and dangerous.