Well I like much of what Ron Paul stands for but...................I can't vote in the U.S.
However, if I could, I would still vote strategically. A vote for anyone else but McCain/Palin is a waste of time. With a race as close as this one any conservative minded voter has to put his vote with the candidate most likely to win to
prevent the opposition from winning. Voting for an independent only strengthens the Democrats and divides the centre/right of politics. It is simply a pragmatic decision. This type of strategic voting takes place all the time. It happens in corporate boardrooms, committee rooms, school councils, etc. It is done at local, municipal, and state levels. So why not in a federal election? I would rather the bad I know for president than a muslim, foreign, black nationalist!