IMHO the stakes are too high not to vote in the GE

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I understand the frustration of feeling forced to cast a vote for the lesser of two evils.

I understand the poster who said this: "We need a change. Our people are dying because of lack of healthcare and lack of a sustainable wage."

However, America is not an alcoholic who needs to hit bottom before things will change - because if people are dying NOW because of those lacks, not stopping the Republican party just means exponentially more of them are going to die.

If the Supreme Court was not so deeply conservative and at risk for becoming more conservative then, yeah, I might consider picking this year to give a big F**K YOU to the establishment if my candidate doesn't win the primary. But with the court the way it is now, I personally feel that not voting this year especially (given that the next president is likely to have a chance to appoint as many as 4 Supreme Court Justices) is potentially the most damaging thing I could do to this country. Because the only thing which can prevent our current rapid slide into fascism from becoming a free fall into fascism is a Supreme Court which will do something to stop it - because NONE of the politicians can. Neither Bernie nor Hillary will be able to change things unless other politicians get behind them and I don't think that will happen. But what either of them CAN do is appoint justices who might stand up to politicians.

The current court is:

Roberts - GW Bush
Scalia - Reagan
Kennedy - Reagan
Thomas - GHW Bush
Ginsburg - Clinton
Breyer - Clinton
Alito - GW Bush
Sotomayor - Obama
Kagan - Obama

Who is president may not make as much of a difference as we'd like when it comes to the laws that are passed but as far as the Supreme Court is concerned, who is president really F**KING matters!

That is why I will vote for the Democratic candidate in November, regardless of whether my first choice won. Because the stakes are just too high.