# The Trouble With Tea-Baggers And Progressives. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 22, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trouble-with-tea-baggers-and-progressives/536984 "2010-04-22T14:51:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trouble-with-tea-baggers-and-progressives/536984/8 "2010-04-22T15:31:30Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The old “Both Major Parties Are Equally Corrupt, So Vote Libertarian” Fallacy, again? While it absolves you of going through the time and effort to examine candidates most likely to come out on top and pick the one that will come closest to accomplishing goals you agree with, voting for a fringe candidate will get you absolutely nowhere, unless “Well, you can’t blame me!” is something you actually take pride in. I’ve voted twice in Presidential elections. The first was in '72 against Nixon. When he won 49 states I decided that either they didn’t count the votes or the electorate was simply nuts. I gave up on politics until '08 and voted for Obama. Anyone who promised change and transparency after 8 years of Bush had my vote. The idea that he was a Constitutional lawyer was also attractive. Fool me twice, shame on me. > [@](#): > > In real life, compromise will get you a lot farther than an All Or Nothing approach. I compromise by allowing the govt to direct deposit my SS check. That is the extent of my trust in it. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trouble-with-tea-baggers-and-progressives/536984)._