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by __jal 3557 days ago
Say, which party hasn't done something despicable in the last, say, 100 years?

Remember that the Greens arguably gave us Baby Bush and the Libertarians have run unapologetic racists relatively recently.

I'm thinking the Progressive Dane Party may be your guiltless party. Or perhaps the New Black Riders Party. (At least until they get power, at which point they'll actually do something, at which point they'll get the opportunity to do something awful, which they almost certainly will, because that's what happens.)

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I'm not saying there's any specific party you have to vote for. But if you don't vote against, they won't learn. "I hate that thing you did, but I'm voting for you anyway" translates to a politician as "You don't need to do anything to earn my vote and can betray me as often as you want."
> Greens arguably gave us Baby Bush

1. No they didn't. 2. Even if they had, it hardly makes sense to hold both the Green Party and the Republicans responsible for that.