There is no lever for “the lesser of two evils.” There are two corporately anointed candidates who are so much alike that they nit-pick at each other like a couple old ladies (Sorry, old ladies). And right above each of these candidates is a lever for “keep up the good work, Dem/Rep party.”

When you vote for McCain you are voting for the Republican Party and its callous, squandering of the American dream and America's good name.

When you vote for Obama you are voting for the Democratic Party, which has almost certainly been complicit in this destruction but at the very least has been spineless and lazy. The Republicans couldn't have done what they did without the help of the Democrats.

Recently I have read several letters to the editor expressing the futility of voting. Between these two parties, I agree. There is, however, a lever for “I'm sick to death of this lobbyist run government,” “I think the lot of you are layabouts and crooks,” and “I refuse to give you a thumbs up for abject failure.”

That lever is of course the third party candidate. You know, the ones that the corporate media has all but omitted from our pubic disclosure. Maybe Nader and McKinney won't play nice with the lobbyists. Maybe their ideas are too much in line with what the people want and not in line enough with big business. At any rate, votes for these two have been ordained as wasted. (All of the votes for either Obama or McCain will be wasted votes as well, depending on who loses.)

Of course, America's consciousness (or un-consciousness) is far from ever electing one of these not-bought-and-paid-for candidates. But making the effort to get to the polls to pull the “fool me twice shame on me” lever will weigh far more in what our government thinks it can get away with than another rubber stamp for the absconders.

If you want change, then log in for change. If you want to give a thumbs up to our current governance, then do what you're told and vote for one of the “viables.”

Joe Lonsky

Genoa