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CTyankee

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11. I guess my point is that this could be so close that a stay home Dem will have the perverse

Reply to bigwillq (Reply #10)

Mon Sep 29, 2014, 12:03 PM

Sep 2014

effect of electing Foley. Not that you are wrong in criticizing Malloy, he certainly has his faults. But I learned a long time ago that sometimes you have to hold your nose and vote for the lesser of two evils. And in fact you won't get what you want by not voting for Malloy, you'll get worse!

Or at least that's my take on it and I've been voting for a LONG time...

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Good CT Dems, please work for Malloy's re-election! [View all] CTyankee Sep 2014 OP

Is Malloy in trouble? nt femmocrat Sep 2014 #1

He's down 6 points in the polls! And Foley isn't talking... CTyankee Sep 2014 #2

Oh no! femmocrat Sep 2014 #3

geez, me too...Foley is bringing Chris Christie in to campaign for him in our state... CTyankee Sep 2014 #4

Don't let Peter Lumaj (Sec of State) or Richard Nixon Herbst (Treasurer) Dawson Leery Sep 2014 #5

goddamn straight dawson! CTyankee Sep 2014 #6

*sigh* It boggles the mind. NutmegYankee Sep 2014 #7

I'm not voting for Foley, but can't vote for Malloy bigwillq Sep 2014 #8

why is he so terrible that would risk getting foley by not voting for malloy? CTyankee Sep 2014 #9

Taxes are too high, unemployment bigwillq Sep 2014 #10

I guess my point is that this could be so close that a stay home Dem will have the perverse CTyankee Sep 2014 #11

The lesser of two evils is still evil. bigwillq Sep 2014 #12

I voted Independent for John Anderson in 1980, not that it made that much of a difference... CTyankee Sep 2014 #13

It would be nice if Malloy could lose badly without Foley winning. Chan790 Oct 2014 #14

honestly, I haven't been following Malloy that closely. But Foley would be MUCH worse... CTyankee Oct 2014 #15

Yes, but I don't think it matters all that much. Chan790 Oct 2014 #16

Not sure what you mean "making the mess worse." CTyankee Oct 2014 #17

I mean the crystal-clear. Chan790 Oct 2014 #18

I appreciate the response. Thank you. CTyankee Oct 2014 #19