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 Don't legitimise them. Abstain!  
 How is voting legitimizing something? Don't you believe that a country should operate with a vote? 
 If you vote for a political candidate you are personally legitimising them. They are all cunts so that's why, personally, I don't vote.  
 this is such bullshit. it might be more work and feel difficult but strategic voting based on a number of issues makes more sense. not voting is icky. 
 Nobody's perfect. My parents weren't perfect, but I wouldn't trade them for anyone. And I would never feel guilt about voting for a candidate if I think they generally understand the assignment and generally would do a good job.

A lot of issues in politics are so evident that even some developmentally delayed cunt could figure them out. Besides, having a few wrong opinions about a topic doesn't mean that a person won't be start getting beat over the head by reality before they can actually implement any of them.

Even a candidate who is perfect in every way that can be measured ahead of time can make mistakes once they are actually elected. Once a person starts stressing too much about all these little details, they become very easy to manipulate. That's why I try to make decisions based on simple and difficult to subvert rules. 
 Not true. You do THAT when you do business with immorally lobbying corporations. 
 The game show host or the insane commie, which will you choose