[Lnc-business] "The Wisdom of Bernie Sanders"

[Starchild]

	The long-term trend is clearly toward more people abandoning the cartel parties and voting for Libertarians and other independent candidates. Insisting as Nathaniel does that people should keep voting for the flawed candidates generated by the cartel is just delaying our progress toward a better future. 

	His message neglected to mention that all the people who voted for lesser evil Hillary Clinton also did not help to defeat Trump. Steven, your point is very well taken that if those Clinton voters, most of whom I think realized in their hearts that she was dishonest and corrupt, had instead gotten behind Gary Johnson, a candidate with better policies and more integrity, president Johnson would now be in the White House instead of president Trump. 

	I hope Nathaniel will think about these things, and going forward, join those who've decided to be part of the solution, instead of continuing to support adherents of the old statist habits that have created most of the problems we see and which people are increasingly rejecting.

Love & Liberty,
                                  ((( starchild )))
At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
                               (415) 625-FREE
                                  @StarchildSF


On Feb 4, 2017, at 12:44 PM, Steven Nekhaila wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Steven Nekhaila <steven.nekhaila at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 3:43 PM
> Subject: Re: The Wisdom of Bernie Sanders
> To: Nathaniel Batchelder <batchokc at gmail.com>
> 
> 
> Hello Nathaniel,
> 
> I personally believe that voting for the lesser of two evils, is still voting for evil. I will never compromise my integrity or moral philosophy to cater to who may be least worst of two fallible options. I will always vote my conscious and will put 100% of my energy into propping up the proper candidate rather then conceding to an evil candidate who represents an even more evil system. You can count on the Libertarian Party to always support candidates, whom represent the principles of liberty and will always be the best option. And if for some reason our candidates are not the best option, you can assure that I will not support them. Alas, I have voted Libertarian in every Presidential election I have been qualified to vote in, because I believe the Libertarian Party represents my goals, values and ethics. Anything less would be throwing my vote away to a system or candidates I do not believe in. I would also surmise that everyone who voted for Hillary could have voted for Gary Johnson, the failure to do so helped Trump win. But fret not, for 2020 and beyond we will amass more voters, more support and more political equity as we have done since 1971. No matter whom the others party's put out as candidates, on the local, state and national level, you can count on the Libertarian Party to deliver the very best and most principled candidates out of the bunch. I hope you may support the Libertarian Party and our progress moving forward.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Steven Nekhaila
> Region 2 Representative Alt
> 
> 
> On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 1:42 PM, Nathaniel Batchelder <batchokc at gmail.com> wrote:
> LEARNING THE WISDOM OF BERENIE SANDERS
> 
> 
> Bernie Sanders ran in the Democratic Party's Primary. When Hillary Clinton became the candidate he immediately endorsed her. He begged his supporters, and members of other parties, to vote for Hillary against Donald.
> 
> But America got Trumped. Here’s how never to get Trumped again.
> 
> In America’s current two-party, winner-take-all system, one of the top two candidates is going to win. All others will lose.
> 
> In November, 2016, some people did not vote. That did not help to defeat Trump. Some voted for Gary Johnson or Jill Stein. That did not help to defeat Trump. Six million people who voted for Barack Obama in 2012 did not vote for Hillary Clinton. That did not help to defeat Trump.
> 
> Lesson: In every U.S. election – local, state & national – ballots present voters with a better and a worse candidate, one of whom will win. All others will lose. Defeating the worse of the two is paramount, because more things will be possible during the years they will NOT be in office. It also opens the possibility of even better candidates running in future elections.
> 
> Let us unite to defeat “the worst” in every election, if we hope ever to elect “the better” in the future.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Peace and Onward,
> Nathaniel Batchelder at The Peace House in Oklahoma City
> www.PeaceHouseOK.org
> 
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