So how do we move forward, recognizing that abdicating from - TopicsExpress

So how do we move forward, recognizing that abdicating from the political system makes us complicit on some level with the evil we allow while voting yet again for “the lesser of two evils” simply doesn’t cut it anymore? In my view, we have to adopt a no-compromise attitude right now, holding to it throughout the 2016 elections (at the least). In other words, rather than voting for candidates who gravitate towards the center in order to gain the maximum number of votes, thereby diluting the right-of-center values we are urging them to uphold, we who hold to these values need to make clear that we won’t be fooled again, that we stand for principles first and party second (or third, or whatever), that empty promises won’t cut it this time around, and that we refuse to be pawns in support of someone’s political aspirations. Of course, we’ve been down this road quite a few times in recent years, but perhaps this time (thanks to President Obama?) we’ve reached the point of “Enough is enough.” Am I dreaming?