Last night I got drawn into a very familiar political discussion with some friends. We were talking about the election, and they wanted to know who I was going to vote for. I said I would be proudly voting for noone.

One of them said, “So, you’re undecided then?”

No, I’ve looked at both candidates and I’ve decided that I don’t support the policies of either one. In fact, I don’t come even close to agreeing with what they’ve done or what they want to do.

The other said something like, “Not voting is a vote for Bush.”

No, not voting consists of refusing to cast a vote for somebody who I don’t support.

I also heard, “It’s people like you who are the reason Bush is in office in the first place.”

This couldn’t be more wrong. Let’s examine the facts. Bush’s campaign was financed by gigantic multinational corporations. Bush lost the popular vote by something like 500,000 votes. Bush only won the electoral votes through extremely questionable (and most likely illegal) tactics which were employed by people working for his brother, the governor of Florida. Bush was NOT elected president by the people of the United States, but was CHOSEN by the Supreme Court.

To suggest, then, that it was “people like me” who put Bush into office is then to imply that I am either (1) a billionaire, (2) an employee of Jeb Bush, (3) a member of the Supreme Court. I am, unfortunately, none of these.

Then I heard, “Well, who do you think is the lesser of the two evils?”

Well, I’ve seen what Bush can do. And he’s pretty damn evil. Not having personally witnessed Kerry do any of these evils, I have to conclude Kerry. But I don’t trust him. I think the potential is there, and he will use it. Secondly, to choose “the lesser of two evils” is to still cast a vote in favor of evil. I choose not do this. Third, in thinking about this matter more, I have decided why would you want to choose a lesser evil? If you’re going to choose evil, CHOOSE EVIL. Like, if you want to sign a deal with the Devil, go straight to Satan himself. Don’t mess around with some subsidiary demon. Why waste time? Wouldn’t you rather have a more glorious destruction, and have had the chance to see Lucifer rise up in all his dark glory?

For more anti-voting fun, check out:

1. The myths of Santa Claus & Voting (by me)
2. Voting For The Lesser of Two Police States
3. Be Patriotic: Don’t Vote