I will rise to meet the voter challenge, as soon as you explain why you think voting will change the path we are on as a nation.

False arguments like "if only Al had won" don't do a thing to explain how voting for anyone in the upcoming election will change the path the US is on as a nation.

Voting may make you feel less squeamish about the road we are on, but it won't do a single thing to change the path of destruction this nation is on.

Seriously, voting Democratic is going to result in the rest of the world suffering less? How so, exactly? Clinton or Obama--do you seriously believe they will end the cruel suffering being caused by US foreign policy? How so?

You see, there is my problem with the "vote anyway" mentality of so many Democrats. It is to assuage your guilt, not make the circumstances for anyone better--except the pirates of capitalism, of course. "Well, at least I voted for ____________(fill in the blank with Al Gore, John Kerry, Hilary Clinton, Barak Obama), so you can't blame me for the world going to hell in a handbasket".

What the hell kind of defense of the US electoral system is that?