2016 Elections

[Mudhammam]

In politics coopting something is not the same thing as giving in to something.

You would notice the net effect is republican field now feature some hopeless circus monkey side shows in the form of Rand Paul, plus some candidates with a real shot at the nomination whose actions would absolutely be no different from republicans of 2004 where anti libertarian leaning is concerned.

If you are willing to throw an election for the democrats just so the democrats would also field a monkey show to placate you while actually nominating candidates who would do essentially the same as they otherwise would, then move to a different country please.

I think I have just as much right to vote for any candidate, or none at all, as I choose...your crass response to "move to a different country please" is indicative that you don't understand how the process works. See, you may call Rand Paul or any of the other candidates "circus monkey side shows" but they're actually engaging in debate over topics that would have been unthinkable for a major Republican candidate to question just a few years ago. Maybe none of them will live up to their rhetoric but the rhetoric is important, and even that debate is non-existent in the Democratic party, though progressives and liberals are having it. A vote for Hillary is a vote for Wall Street and neo-con foreign policy run amok and in my principled stance against both I'll vote against them no matter what the outcome may be. I hope most progressives will do the same, and then maybe the Democratic establishment will get the message.