A vote for what I want

I’ve just completed and am going to go post my absentee ballot.  I voted for Nader.

In the end, I believe that, for a democracy to be a true democracy, voters should feel that they can vote for what they truly want, rather than tactically (i.e. rather than voting against what they don’t want).  I don’t want McCain and Palin to win.  But I agree, overall, more with Nader and Gonzalez than with Obama and Biden.  I have no illusions that Nader can win, but I still want to vote for what I want.