Is it just me, or do a lot of people seem overly reluctant to vote third party?

I mean, a lot of people seem to be of the opinion that they are just voting for the candidate that they hate the least, so why not vote third party?

Is voting third party throwing away your vote? If you ask me, voting for the person you hate the least is throwing away your vote, not voting for the person that you like the most.

My point is, there is a whole box of crayons out there, so why limit yourself to black and white (lol, racial joke)?

I dunno, this is very open ended other than that I am saying, if you don't like Obama or McCain, then don't vote for them. Thoughts? Criticisms? Angry bursts of political outrage?

Voting for a third party is not throwing away your vote. It does have an effect on the political race, even if the third part does not win the race.

It can give attention to ideas and platforms that are sometimes adopted by the major parties if they're given enough support by the public.

Third parties fit into one of two categories.

Category 1: The candidate who promises a bunch of awesome shit. We should know by this point that when the executive branch tries to do a whole bunch of stuff that the people deem awesome, the other branches will hold it back. There is no way this type of third party candidate could possibly be good on their promises.

Category 2: The candidate who only gives a shit about one or a maximum of two issues. If you can't see a problem with this one, you shouldn't vote anyway.

At least that kind of deadlock will leave plenty of image problems for the parties participating in the blockades. This may be about getting attention for a cause but at least it's more commendable than "Eh I'll vote for this asshole, he'll fuck me less than the other guy."

Ron Paul for President.