I had planned to vote for no candidates on the federal level (president, vice president, senator, representative) because it has become clear that since Bush v. Gore in 2000, Kerry v. Bush in 2004 and this year's GEMS election-software cartel scandal, not to mention the federal Department of Homeland Security claiming to involve itself in the federal elections, those who count the ballots will be choosing the winners, not the voters.
I will still vote "down-ticket" for my local candidates in my own unique ways.
However, my state's establishment leaders are now avoiding Trump and pushing presidential candidate Evan McMullin ( https://www.evanmcmullin.com/about ) whose web site touts his graduation from Brigham Young University, worked "on behalf of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees," "was in training at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia" on 9/11 and "transitioned to the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs." YIKES.
Because of this blatent one-finger salute to their cherished Republican Party, I might vote for Trump if he continues to lead Clinton in winning a majority of Utah's electoral votes because it would cause these leaders some national humiliation and intra-party strife. And, because Utah Mormons are much more politically minded than most voters, it would give them yet another national black eye.
I had also toyed with the idea of voting for the Libertarian presidential team of Johnson-Weld ... until I learned that Weld was actively campaigning for gun control in their speeches. Now, it must be remembered that the Libertarian Party holds itself out as the stalwart of constitutionalism. To campaign against even a jot or tittle of the Constitution is anathema to Libertarians (and many others). But, I will be voting for local Libertarians.
01 Sep 2016, 8:39 pm
