So, who do you anticipate you'll be voting for in November, 2004?
It's easy to complain loudly when one has dealt oneself out of the loop by insisting on an extreme.
What was true in 2000 is sure to be true in '04. ("The reality is, a vote for anyone other than [the Republican is] at least in effect a vote for even more socialism under President [Democrat].")
I've used use my vote to make a conservative statement only when I'm certain I'm not helping elect a liberal. The last two times were in the Iowa caucuses for Alan Keyes. If Keyes was a third-party candidate in the '00 General Election, I'd have voted for Bush to keep Gore from winning.
It's not particularly satisfying. But, it's a nod to reality.