Herd Watching

There is a lot of complaining these days from the Obama camp that many of the votes for Clinton are possibly from Republicans who crossed into the Democratic primaries to vote for her. The purpose? Twofold…

1. Attempt to insure that if the Democrats win the Presidency, we aren’t stuck with Obama and his extreme left hangers on
2. Attempt to prolong the Democratic primary, because the longer Obama and Clinton tear at each other the better McCain’s chances are

This is entirely legal. This is not in any way fraud. No one voted twice. No one voted for a dead person*. No one is, for example, preventing the entire states of Florida and Michigan from voting in the primaries**.

The core concept of a democracy is that each of us gets one vote. This generally extends to the primary process as well. The idea is that we can use that single vote in any way we wish to most effectively bring about our political goals.

If the best thing I can do to further my goal (McCain in office) is to vote for Hillary in the primary then that is a completely ethical thing to do (provided I am not breaking the law). No one gets to tell me I voted for the wrong reason. No one gets to tell me I don’t get to make a free choice.

So stop whining and suck it up. Seriously.

* note: a classic trick most recently used by the Democrats in the 2004 election

** note: oh wait, the Democratic party leaders are

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